Two excellent management tools for national tuberculosis programmes: History of prior treatment and sputum status at two months

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 184-186

  Trebucq A ^a   Rieder, H L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SHORT SURVEY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MEDICAL RECORDS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPIN; SPUTUM; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031938791     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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