Determinants of Treatment Adherence Among Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Southern Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Defaulting from treatment remains a challenge for most tuberculosis control programmes. It may increase the risk of drug resistance, relapse, death, and prolonged infectiousness. The aim of this study was to determine factors predicting treatment adherence among smear-positive pulmonary...

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Main Authors: Shargie, Estifanos Biru, Lindtjørn, Bernt
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1796905/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17298164
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040037
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