Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis in Pakistan: Are national guidelines used by private healthcare providers?

Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis in Pakistan: Are national guidelines used by private healthcare providers?

Background: The National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP) in Pakistan developed, with the Pakistan Paediatric Association, a pediatric scoring chart to aid diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis (TB). Our study compared the diagnostic practice of private healthcare providers in Pakistan with the NTP...

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Main Authors: Aashifa Yaqoob, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Razia Fatima, Hemant D. Shewade, Nadia Nisar, Ahmed Wali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Children
Diagnosis
Guidelines
PPA scoring chart
Private providers
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221003672

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