Treatment adherence of the latently infected tuberculosis population (Post-Katrina) at Wetmore TB Clinic, New Orleans, USA

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1134-1138

  Bieberly, J ^a,b   Ali, J ^a,c,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Latent tuberculosis infection; TB risk factors; Treatment adherence; Tuberculin skin testing (TST)

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIGRANT WORKER; MIXED INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ORLEANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 53549097675     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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