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Feasibility of a multifaceted intervention to improve treatment initiation among patients diagnosed with TB using Xpert MTB/RIF testing in Uganda
BACKGROUND: One in five patients diagnosed with TB in Uganda are not initiated on TB treatment within two weeks of diagnosis. We evaluated a multifaceted intervention for improving TB treatment initiation among patients diagnosed with TB using Xpert(®) MTB/RIF testing in Uganda. METHODS: This was a...
Autores principales: | Zawedde-Muyanja, Stella, Musaazi, Joseph, Castelnuovo, Barbara, Cattamanchi, Adithya, Katamba, Achilles, Manabe, Yukari C. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9491700/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35714072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265035 |
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