Time delays in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review of literature

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Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy · Manipal Teaching Hospital

Kishore V Panduru · Manipal Teaching Hospital

Joris Menten · Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

J Van den Ende · Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Abstract

The results of this review suggest that there is a need for revising case-finding strategies. The reported high treatment success rate of directly observed treatment may be supplemented by measures to shorten the delay in diagnosis. This may result in reduction of infectious cases and better tuberculosis control.

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Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

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Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases

Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 91-91

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-91

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