Tuberculosis in malaysia: Predictors of treatment outcomes in a national registry

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 764-771

  Liew, S M ^a   Khoo, E M ^a   Ho, B K ^b   Lee, Y K ^a   Mimi, O ^b   Fazlina, M Y ^b   Asmah, R ^b   Lee, W K ^b   Harmy, M Y ^c   Chinna, K ^a   Jiloris, F D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Indigenous populations; Risk factors; Treatment outcome; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CITIZENSHIP; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT HISTORY OF THERAPY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HIV INFECTIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930794765     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0767     Document Type: Article

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