Pulmonary tuberculosis diagnostic delays in Chad: A multicenter, hospital-based survey in Ndjamena and Moundou

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ngangro, Ndeindo Ndeikoundam ^a,b   Ngarhounoum, Doudeadoum ^c   Ngangro, Mosurel N ^d   Rangar, Ngakoutou ^e,f   Siriwardana, Mahinda G ^a   Des Fontaines, Virginie Halley ^b   Chauvin, Pierre ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Hôpital Régional   (Chad)

^d Direction Générale des Activités Sanitaires   (Chad)

^e Hôpital Général de Référence   (Chad)

^f Faculté des Sciences Exactes et Appliqées   (Chad)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHAD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870869994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-513     Document Type: Review

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