Assessment of Related Factors on Delay in Diagnosis of Patients with Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Background: Approximately, one third of the world population is infected with tuberculosis (TB) germs and is put at risk of tuberculosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis accounts for more than 80 percent of cases, mostly in adults with positive sputum smear. The mortality and morbidity of the disease are ass...

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Main Authors: Salman Khazaei, Ghodratollah Roshanaei, Zahra Kousehlou, Ali Zahiri, Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Hamid Salehiniya
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2015-06-01
Series:مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان
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Online Access:http://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/4559