Gridlock from diagnosis to treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Tanzania: patients’ perspectives from a focus group discussion

BACKGROUND: Molecular diagnostics have revolutionized the diagnosis of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Yet in Tanzania we found delay in diagnosis with more than 70% of MDR-TB patients having a history of several previous treatment courses for TB signaling prior opportunities for diagnosi...

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Autores principales: Mpagama, Stellah G., Ezekiel, Mangi J., Mbelele, Peter M., Chongolo, Anna M., Kibiki, Gibson S., de Guex, Kristen Petros, Heysell, Scott K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7648291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33160327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09774-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7648291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33160327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09774-3

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