Patient and heath system delays in the diagnosis and treatment of new and retreatment pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Malawi

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Makwakwa, Lumbani ^a,b   Sheu, Mei ling ^a   Chiang, Chen Yuan ^c,d,e   Lin, Shoei Loong ^f   Chang, Peter W ^a,f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Pharmaceutical Services Section Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM)   (Malawi)

^c Departments of Lung Health and NCDs International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease   (France)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Bali Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case detection; Health system delay; Patient delay; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; ONSET AGE; PATIENT CARE; RETREATMENT; SPUTUM SMEAR; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897555775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-132     Document Type: Article

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