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Missed opportunities in tuberculosis investigation and associated factors at public health facilities in Uganda

BACKGROUND: The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is high in Uganda; yet, TB case detection is low. The population-based survey on the prevalence of TB in Uganda revealed that only 16% of presumptive TB patients seeking care at health facilities were offered sputum microscopy or chest-X ray (CXR). This...

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Autores principales:	Kakame, Keith Twirire, Namuhani, Noel, Kazibwe, Andrew, Bongomin, Felix, Baluku, Joseph Baruch, Baine, Sebastian Olikira
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8052783/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33865395 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06368-6

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