Mortality and failure among tuberculosis patients who did not complete treatment in Vietnam: a cohort study

• Main Authors: Van Le N (Author), Sy Dinh N (Author), Duong Bui D (Author), Huong Nguyen T (Author), Vree Marleen (Author), Co Nguyen V (Author), Cobelens Frank GJ (Author), Borgdorff Martien W (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tuberculosis treatment failure and death rates are low in the Western Pacific Region, including Vietnam. However, failure or death may also occur among patients who did not complete treatment, i.e. reported as default or transfer-out...