Are patients who present spontaneously with PTB symptoms to the health services in Burkina Faso well managed?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 436-440

  Dembele, S M ^a   Ouédraogo, Hermann ^b   Combary, A I ^b   Sondo, B ^a   Macq, J ^c   Dujardin, B ^b  

^a Programme National de Lutte Antituberculeuse   (Burkina Faso)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burkina faso; Case finding; Reference; Selection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURKINA FASO; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33645665420     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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