It's complicated: Why do tuberculosis patients not initiate or stay adherent to treatment? A qualitative study from South Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Skinner, Donald ^a   Claassens, Mareli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Initial loss to follow up; Qualitative; South Africa; Treatment initiation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIXED INFECTION; MOTIVATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICAN; STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS; VOMITING; WORKING TIME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSMISSION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84997096191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-2054-5     Document Type: Article

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