Risk factors for poor tuberculosis treatment outcome in Finland: a cohort study

• Main Authors: Liippo Kari (Author), Ollgren Jukka (Author), Holmström Pekka (Author), Vasankari Tuula (Author), Kokki Maarit (Author), Ruutu Petri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We investigated the patient- and treatment-system dependent factors affecting treatment outcome in a two-year cohort of all treated culture-verified pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) cases to establish a basis for improving outcomes.</p...