Case series of the long-term psychosocial impact of drug-resistant tuberculosis in HIV-negative medical doctors

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 960-966

  Padayatchi, N ^a,b   Daftary, Amrita ^a,c   Moodley, T ^a   Madansein, R ^d   Ramjee, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^e King George V Hospital Durban   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drug resistant tuberculosis; Health care workers; Infection control; Psychosocial impact; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TERIZIDONE; VALPROIC ACID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; LIMB PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MUSCLE SPASM; NAUSEA; OTOSCLEROSIS; PANIC; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SHOULDER PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; TINNITUS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 77954722951     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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