Pre-treatment loss to follow-up in tuberculosis patients in low- and lower-middle-income countries and high-burden countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Peter MacPherson (Author), Rein MGJ Houben (Author), Judith R Glynn (Author), Elizabeth L Corbett (Author), Katharina Kranzer (Author)
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• Udgivet: The World Health Organization, 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective To assess the magnitude of loss to follow-up in smear- or culture-positive tuberculosis patients before treatment initiation and outcomes among patients who were traced. Methods Ovid Medline and Global Health databases were searched for studies published between 1994 and January 2013 that...