The outcome of tuberculosis treatment at a rural hospital in Southern Ethiopia

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 132-135

  Lindtj⊘rn, Bernt ^a   Madebo, Tesfaye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOACETAZONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ETHIOPIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELAPSE; RURAL POPULATION; SMEAR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REGISTRIES; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

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

EID: 17644431083     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550103100304     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. World Heath Organization. Treatment of Tuberculosis: Guidelines for National Programmes. Geneva: WHO, 1997.
2. Banerjee A, Moyo S, Salaniponi F, Harries A. HIV testing and tuberculosis treatment outcome in a rural district in Malawi. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 1997;91:707-8.
3. Raviglione MC, Dye C, Schmidt S, Kochi A. Assessment of the world-wide tuberculosis control. Lancet, 1997;350:624-9.
4. Global Tuberculosis Programme. Progress Against TB Stalled in Key Countries: WHO Identifies 16 Countries Struggling to Control TB. Geneva: WHO, 1998 [http://www.who.int/gtb/press/WTBD98Release_progress.htm].
5. Hodes RM, Azbite M. Tuberculosis. In: Kloos H, Zein AZ, eds. The Ecology of Health and Disease in Ethiopia. Boulder: Westview Press, 1993:265-84.
6. Lende S, Lindtjørn B. Sykehus i utviklingsland. Erfaringer fra Sidamo Regional Hospital i Sør-Etiopia. Tidsskr Norske Lægeforen, 1990;111:1118-22.
7. Central Statistical Authority. The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region. Addis Ababa: CSA, 1996.
8. Ministry of Health. Guideline for the National Tuberculosis Control Program in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa: MoH, 1992.
9. Lindtjørn B, Degife S. Tuberculosis culture at Sidamo Regional Hospital. Natl Res Inst Health Newsletter, 1986;2:27-8.
10. Madebo T, Nysæter G, Lindtjørn B. HIV infection and malnutrition change the clinical and radiological features of pulmonary tuberculosis. Scand J Infect Dis, 1997;29:355-9.
11. SPSS. SPSS Base 7.5 for Windows User's Guide. Chicago: SPSS, 1997.
12. Altman DG. Practical Statistics for Medical Research. London: Chapman & Hall, 1991.
13. Ødegaard T. Tuberkulose-problem i Sidamo provins, Etiopia. Tidsskr Norske Lægeforen, 1967;87:2027-33.
14. Øyvind Aadland. Introducing a Tuberculosis Control Programme in Sidama: A Case Study in Cross-cultural Communication. Chicago: Northwestern University, 1996.