Prescribed and self-medication use increase delays in diagnosis of tuberculosis in the country of Georgia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Rabin, Alexander S ^a   Kuchukhidze, G ^b   Sanikidze, E ^b   Kempker, R R ^a   Blumberg, H M ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases   (Georgia)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic delay; Epidemiology; Former soviet union; TB

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84872351309     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0395     Document Type: Article

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