Profile and follow-up of patients with tuberculosis in a priority city in Brazil

OBJECTIVE To analyze the cases of tuberculosis and the impact of direct follow-up on the assessment of treatment outcomes. METHODS This open prospective cohort study evaluated 504 cases of tuberculosis reported in the Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN – Notifiable Diseases Infor...

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Main Authors: Jisleny da Cruz Pereira, Marcio Roberto Silva, Ronaldo Rodrigues da Costa, Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães, Isabel Cristina Gonçalves Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102015000100205&lng=en&tlng=en