Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis services

Background In Portugal, Outpatient Tuberculosis Centres (OTBC) are responsible for the diagnosis, treatment, screening and prevention of tuberculosis (TB), and only severe or resistant cases are hospitalized.Aim To understand how infection control norms and standards were applied and how these centr...

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Published in:Pulmonology
Main Authors: I. Rodrigues, A. Aguiar, G.B. Migliori, R. Duarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-05-01
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
COVID-19
Infection control
Workplace safety
Directly observed therapy (DOT)
Diagnostic delay
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.01.015

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