Morbidity and mortality at five years after initiating category I treatment among patients with new sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-91

  Lisha, P V ^a   James, P T ^a   Ravindran, C ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Mortality; Relapse; RNTCP; Sequelae

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPUTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864884374     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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