Comparison of cough of 2 and 3 weeks to improve detection of smear-positive tuberculosis cases among out-patients in India

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-68

  Santha, T ^a   Garg, R ^b   Subramani, R ^a   Chandrasekaran, V ^a   Selvakumar, N ^a   Sisodia, R S ^c   Perumal, M ^d   Sinha, S K ^c,e   Singh, R J ^c   Chavan, R ^f   Ali, F ^c   Sarma, S K ^c   Sharma, K M ^e   Jagtap, D ^f   Frieden, T R ^b   Fabio, L ^b   Narayanan, Paranji R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c RNTCP   (India)

^d RNTCP   (India)

^e RNTCP   (India)

^f RNTCP   (India)

Author keywords

Chest symptoms; Cough duration; Government health facilities; Smear positive tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUGHING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 19944429897     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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