Differences in the clinical-epidemiological profile between new cases of tuberculosis and retreatment cases after default

Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify the socioeconomic and clinical-epidemiological factors related to tuberculosis in new cases and retreatment cases. METHOD Comparative study with 126 patients, of which 42 were retreatment cases after default attended in a reference center, and 84 were new cases compl...

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Main Authors: Aylana de Souza Belchior, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Evelyne Marie Therese Mainbourg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciELO
Series:Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342016000400622&lng=en&tlng=en