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Delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients seeking care at a regional referral hospital, Uganda: a cross sectional study

OBJECTIVE: A cross-sectional survey involving 134 pulmonary TB patients started on TB treatment at the TB Treatment Unit of the regional referral hospital was conducted to ascertain the prevalence of individual and health facility delays and associated factors. Prolonged health facility delay was ta...

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Autores principales:	Muttamba, Winters, Kyobe, Samuel, Komuhangi, Alimah, Lakony, James, Buregyeya, Esther, Mabumba, Eldad, Basaza, Robert K.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Note
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6751893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31533804 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4616-2

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