Tuberculosis recurrence in smear-positive patients cured under DOTS in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Datiko Daniel G (Author), Lindtjørn Bernt (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Decentralization of DOTS has increased the number of cured smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) patients. However, the rate of recurrence has increased mainly due to HIV infection. Recurrence rate could be taken as an important measure o...