Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment default among HIV-infected tuberculosis patients in Thailand

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-66

  Kittikraisak, Wanitchaya ^a   Burapat, Channawong ^a   Kaewsa ard, Samroui ^b   Watthanaamornkiet, Wanpen ^c   Sirinak, Chawin ^d   Sattayawuthipong, Wanchai ^e   Jittimanee, Suksont ^f   Pobkeeree, Vallerut ^a   Varma, Jay K ^a,g  

^a Centers for Disease Control CDC Thailand Field Station   (Thailand)

^b Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute   (Thailand)

^c Office of Disease Prevention and Control 7   (Thailand)

^d Bangkok Metropolitan Administration   (Thailand)

^e Phuket Provincial Health Office   (Thailand)

^f MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Directly observed therapy; HIV; Thailand; Treatment default; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049105701     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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