TB treatment in a chronic complex emergency: Treatment outcomes and experiences in Somalia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 690-698

  Liddle, Karin Fischer ^a   Elema, Riekje ^a   Thi, Sein Sein ^a   Greig, Jane ^a   Venis, Sarah ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complex emergency; Conflict; Humanitarian; Somalia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COST; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXPERIENCE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RANGELAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMALIA; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ALTRUISM; CHILD; CONFLICT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOMALIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889067888     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt090     Document Type: Article

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