Community-based management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-

  Bekker, Linda Gail ^a   Wood, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE;

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 77950308860     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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