Profile and treatment outcomes of elderly patients with tuberculosis in Delhi, India: Implications for their management

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 763-768

  Patra, S ^a   Lukhmana, S ^a   Tayler Smith, K ^b   Kannan, A T ^a   Satyanarayana, S ^c   Enarson, D A ^d   Nagar, R K ^e   Marcel, M ^b   Reid, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease The Union   (India)

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

^e UCMS AND GTB HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Elderly; India; Treatment outcomes; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID PLUS PYRAZINAMIDE PLUS RIFAMPICIN; ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887893878     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt094     Document Type: Article

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