Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India.

SETTING: Private medical practitioners in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate self-reported TB diagnostic and treatment practices amongst private medical practitioners against benchmark practices articulated in the International Standards of Tuberculosis Care (ISTC...

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Main Authors: Shanta Achanta, Jyoti Jaju, Ajay M V Kumar, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Srinivas Rao Motta Shamrao, Sasidhar Kumar Bandi, Ashok Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Anthony David Harries, Sreenivas Achutan Nair, Puneet K Dewan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3742777?pdf=render