Prolonged hospitalisation for immigrants and high risk patients with positive smear pulmonary tuberculosis

Background and objective. Tuberculosis (TB) occurring in immigrants and resistance to drugs are major problems for TB control in Western countries. Directly observed therapy (DOT) reduces disease transmission, but this approach may have poor results among illegal immigrants. Our aim was to evaluate...

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Principais autores:	R. Luzzati, M. Confalonieri, A. Cazzadori, P. Della Loggia, R. Cifaldi, C. Fabris, M. Biolo, M. Borelli, C. Longo, E. Concia
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	PAGEPress Publications 2015-12-01
coleção:	Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Assuntos:	Pulmonary tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Drug-resistant tuberculosis Sputum smear conversion hospitalization Directly observed therapy
Acesso em linha:	https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/229
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