Patterns of delays in diagnosis amongst patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis at a teaching hospital in Turkey

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-92

  Okur, E ^a   Yilmaz, A ^b   Saygi, A ^a   Selvi, A ^b   Sungun F ^a   Ozturk E ^a   Dabak, G ^a  

^a Heybeliada Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Center   (Turkey)

^b SSK Sureyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Delays in diagnosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pulmonary disease; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THERAPY DELAY; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33644865795     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01302.x     Document Type: Article

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