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- Title
Profile and treatment outcomes of elderly patients with tuberculosis in Delhi, India: implications for their management.
- Authors
Patra, S; Lukhmana, S; Tayler Smith, K; Kannan, A T; Satyanarayana, S; Enarson, D A; Nagar, R K; Marcel, M; Reid, T
- Abstract
Given India's high rate of TB, rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and growing elderly population, elderly TB patients may be at higher risk of adverse outcomes including death, loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) and treatment failure. This may call for modifications in their management. This study thus aimed to compare the profile and treatment outcomes between elderly (≥60 years) and non-elderly (15-59 years) TB patients.
- Publication
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013, Vol 107, Issue 12, p763
- ISSN
1878-3503
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/trstmh/trt094