The profile and treatment outcomes of the older (aged 60 years and above) tuberculosis patients in Tamilnadu, South India.

The profile and treatment outcomes of the older (aged 60 years and above) tuberculosis patients in Tamilnadu, South India.

BACKGROUND: With changing demographic patterns in the context of a high tuberculosis (TB) burden country, like India, there is very little information on the clinical and demographic factors associated with poor treatment outcome in the sub-group of older TB patients. The study aimed to assess the p...

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Main Authors: Ramya Ananthakrishnan, Kaliyaperumal Kumar, Marimuthu Ganesh, Ajay M V Kumar, Nalini Krishnan, Sowmya Swaminathan, Mary Edginton, Arunagiri K, Devesh Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3704605?pdf=render

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