Increased risk of default among previously treated tuberculosis cases in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1059-1065

  Marx, Florian M ^a,b   Dunbar, R ^b   Hesseling, A C ^b   Enarson, D A ^c   Fielding, K ^d   Beyers, N ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Default; Retreatment; TB; Treatment history, adherence

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863586225     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0506     Document Type: Article

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