Effect of duration of cough (≥3 weeks Vs ≥2 weeks) on yield of sputum positive tuberculosis cases and laboratory load
Background & objective: Early detection and prompt treatment is the basis of tuberculosis control through reducing the reservoir of infection. The objective of the present study was to study the effect of reducing the screening criteria of chest symptomatics from existing ≥ 3 weeks to ≥ 2 weeks...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
2009-09-01
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| Series: | Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ojhas.org/issue30/2009-2-7.htm |