How Do Urban Indian Private Practitioners Diagnose and Treat Tuberculosis? A Cross-Sectional Study in Chennai.
SETTING:Private practitioners are frequently the first point of healthcare contact for patients with tuberculosis (TB) in India. Inappropriate TB management practices among private practitioners may contribute to delayed TB diagnosis and generate drug resistance. However, these practices are not wel...
Main Authors: | Liza Bronner Murrison, Ramya Ananthakrishnan, Sumanya Sukumar, Sheela Augustine, Nalini Krishnan, Madhukar Pai, David W Dowdy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4762612?pdf=render |
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