Implementation efficiency of a diagnostic algorithm in sputum smear-negative presumptive tuberculosis patients

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1237-1242

  Chadha, V K ^a   Praseeja, P ^a   Hemanthkumar, N K ^a   Shivshankara, B A ^a   Sharada, M A ^a   Nagendra, N ^a   Padmesh, R ^a   Puttaswamy, G ^a   Magesh, V ^a   Thomas, B ^b   Kumar, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Chest Xray; Diagnosis; India; Sputum microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907173499     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0218     Document Type: Article

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