Time to Sputum Conversion among Patients with Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis and its Determinants: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Hamadan Province, Iran

Background & Objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) is the largest single cause of death from infectious diseases and has a ten rating of global burden of disease. Despite the availability of effective treatment for pulmonary TB, sputum conversion of patients affected by various factors. This study aime...

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Main Authors: S Khazaei, Z Kousehlou, M Karami, A Zahiri, J Bathaei
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013-05-01
Series:مجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران
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Online Access:http://irje.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-5021&slc_lang=en&sid=1