Lack of adherence to isoniazid chemoprophylaxis in children in contact with adults with Tuberculosis in Southern Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Garie, Kefyalew T ^a   Yassin, Mohammed A ^b,c   Cuevas, Luis E ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISONIAZID; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 80055107746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026452     Document Type: Article

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