Can hospitalization provide better compliance in smear positive tuberculosis patients?

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-281

  Karasulu, Ahmet Levent ^a   Altin, Sedat ^a   Dalar, Levent ^a   Sökücü, Sinem Nedime ^a,b   Oz̈kan, Pinar ^a  

^a Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compliance; Hospitalization; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT DURATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349769394     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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