Treatment default amongst patients with tuberculosis in urban Morocco: predicting and explaining default and post-default sputum smear and drug susceptibility results.

Treatment default amongst patients with tuberculosis in urban Morocco: predicting and explaining default and post-default sputum smear and drug susceptibility results.

Public tuberculosis (TB) clinics in urban Morocco.Explore risk factors for TB treatment default and develop a prediction tool. Assess consequences of default, specifically risk for transmission or development of drug resistance.Case-control study comparing patients who defaulted from TB treatment an...

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Main Authors: Imad Cherkaoui, Radia Sabouni, Iraqi Ghali, Darya Kizub, Alexander C Billioux, Kenza Bennani, Jamal Eddine Bourkadi, Abderrahmane Benmamoun, Ouafae Lahlou, Rajae El Aouad, Kelly E Dooley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3974736?pdf=render

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