Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment default in an endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon: A case control-study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Garrido, Marlucia da Silva ^a,b,c   Penna, Maria Lucia ^d   Perez Porcuna, Tomàs M ^a,e   de Souza, Alexandra Brito ^f   Marreiro, Leni da Silva ^c,f   Albuquerque, Bernardino Claudio ^b   Martínez Espinosa, Flor Ernestina ^a,g   Bührer Sékula, Samira ^a,h  

^a Tropical Medicine Post Graduate Program Amazonas State University   (Brazil)

^b Epidemiological Surveillance Department   (Brazil)

^c Municipal Health Secretary of Manaus   (Brazil)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado   (Brazil)

^g Oswaldo Cruz Foudation Amazonas   (Brazil)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84862200945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039134     Document Type: Article

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