MDR tuberculosis and non-compliance with therapy

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 662-

  Ereqat, Suheir ^a,d   Spigelman, Mark ^b,c   Bar Gal, Gila Kahila ^d   Ramlawi, Asad ^e   Abdeen, Ziad ^a  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e Palestinian Ministry of Health   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; CRIMINAL LAW; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 80051814114     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70227-4     Document Type: Letter

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