Risk factors for the development of non-response to first-line treatment for tuberculosis in Southern Vietnam

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1115-1120

  Keane, Vincent P ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas ^b   Krieng, Triumphavong ^c   Hammond, Geoffrey ^b   Musk, William ^d  

^a Intl Organisation for Migration   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Intl Organisation for Migration   (Thailand)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Diagnostics; Migration; Multidrug resistance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DRUGS; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; INFECTIONS; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; TREATMENT; TUBERCULOSIS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; VIETNAM;

EID: 0030701547     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.5.1115     Document Type: Article

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