"When Treatment Is More Challenging than the Disease": A Qualitative Study of MDR-TB Patient Retention.

"When Treatment Is More Challenging than the Disease": A Qualitative Study of MDR-TB Patient Retention.

BACKGROUND:One-fifth of the patients on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment at the Drug-Resistant-TB (DR-TB) Site in Gujarat are lost-to-follow-up(LFU). OBJECTIVE:To understand patients' and providers' perspectives on reasons for LFU and their suggestions to improve retention-in-car...

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Main Authors: Kalpita S Shringarpure, Petros Isaakidis, Karuna D Sagili, R K Baxi, Mrinalini Das, Amrita Daftary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4784928?pdf=render

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