Factors associated with poor tuberculosis treatment outcome in the Southern Region of Ethiopia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 973-979

  Munoz Sellart M ^a   Cuevas, L E ^a   Tumato, M ^b   Merid, Y ^b   Yassin, Mohammed A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Southern Region Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Risk factors; Treatment outcome; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ETHIOPIA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77954726957     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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