Pathways to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment initiation: A qualitative comparison of patients' experiences in the era of rapid molecular diagnostic tests

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Naidoo, Pren ^a   Van Niekerk, Margaret ^a   Du Toit, Elizabeth ^a   Beyers, Nulda ^a   Leon, Natalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnostic and treatment delay; GenoType MTBDRplus line probe assay; Health seeking behaviour; Obstacles to care; Pathways to care; Xpert MTB RIF

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOLOGY, MOLECULAR; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RIFAMPIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945255287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1145-0     Document Type: Article

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