Directly observed therapy for treating tuberculosis

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Authors

Paul Garner · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Abstract

Randomized trials provide no evidence that directly observed therapy in low and middle income country settings improves cure or treatment completion rates in patients with tuberculosis.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Respiratory viral infections research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003343