Is there delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in an intermediate to low TB incidence setting

Pneumologia

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 138-142

  Malbasa, Milica ^a   Pesut, Dragica ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; Infectiousness; Public health; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 84855235363     PISSN: 20672993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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