Are health personnel the best choice for directly observed treatment in southern Thailand? A comparison of treatment outcomes among different types of observers

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 695-699

  Pungrassami, Petchawan ^a   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^b  

^a Zonal Tuberculosis Centre 12   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Control; Directly observed treatment; Thailand; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THAILAND; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036880641     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90354-8     Document Type: Article

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