Risk Factors Associated with Default among New Smear Positive TB Patients Treated Under DOTS in India

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Authors

Sophia Vijay · National Tuberculosis Institute

Prahlad Kumar · National Tuberculosis Institute

L S Chauhan · Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Balasangameshwara Hanumanthappa Vollepore · Bangalore Diabetes Centre

Unnikrishnan Pallikkara Kizhakkethil

Sumathi Govinda Rao · National Tuberculosis Institute

Abstract

Majority of risk factors for default were treatment and provider oriented and rectifiable with appropriate interventions, which would help in sustaining the good programme performance.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-beingNo poverty

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 5, Issue 4, pp. e10043-e10043

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010043

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