TB diagnostic process management of patients in a referral hospital in Mozambique in comparison with the 2007 WHO recommendations for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary TB and extrapulmonary TB

International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 302-308

  Bos, Jeannet C ^a,b   Smalbraak, Lisette ^c   Macome, Augusto C ^d   Gomes, Ermelinda ^d   van Leth, Frank ^b,e   Prins, Jan M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Hospital Central da Beira   (Mozambique)

^e KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Health systems; Management; Mozambique; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMEAR NEGATIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR MICROSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; MOZAMBIQUE; TREATMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84890085262     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/iht025     Document Type: Article

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