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- Title
Delays in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
- Authors
Horzum Ekinci, Gülbanu; Hacıömeroğlu, Osman; Yılmaz, Adnan
- Abstract
The primary goal of tuberculosis control programs is to minimize transmission within the community and reduce the incidence of tuberculosis by detecting and treating active tuberculosis cases as early as possible. Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis can lead to a prolonged period of infection in the community. Delays are divided into patient delay, health care system delay, and total delay. The length of delays and possible reasons for delays in pulmonary tuberculosis patients are discussed in this paper.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis; TUBERCULOSIS prevention; PREVENTIVE medicine; DISEASE incidence; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
Respiratory Case Reports, 2015, Vol 4, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
2147-2475
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5505/respircase.2015.25238