Psycho-Socio-Economic Issues Challenging Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients: A Systematic Review.

BACKGROUND:Limited treatment options, long duration of treatment and associated toxicity adversely impact the physical and mental well-being of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients. Despite research advances in the microbiological and clinical aspects of MDR-TB, research on the psychos...

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Main Authors: Beena Elizabeth Thomas, Poonguzhali Shanmugam, Muniyandi Malaisamy, Senthanro Ovung, Chandra Suresh, Ramnath Subbaraman, Srividya Adinarayanan, Karikalan Nagarajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4726571?pdf=render