Comparison of profile and treatment outcomes between elderly and non-elderly tuberculosis patients in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, South India

The rising geriatric population and the increased susceptibility of this age group to tuberculosis (TB), the deadliest single infectious agent, is bothersome for India. This study tried to explore the demographic and treatment outcome differences between the elderly (aged 60 years and above) and non...

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Autores principales: Murali, Sharan, Krishnamoorthy, Yuvaraj, Knudsen, Selby, Roy, Gautam, Ellner, Jerrold, Horsburgh, Charles Robert, Hochberg, Natasha, Salgame, Padmini, Prakash Babu, Senbagavalli, Sarkar, Sonali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8396735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34449817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256773

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8396735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34449817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256773

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