Patient treatment pathways of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases in coastal South India: Road to a drug resistant tuberculosis center [version 4; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Background: Delays in initiating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) treatment adds risk to individual patients and the community due to disease progression, and on-going transmission. The Government of India offers free TB diagnosis and treatment, however many presumptive MDR TB patients wand...
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F1000 Research Ltd
2020-07-01
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Series: | F1000Research |
Online Access: | https://f1000research.com/articles/8-498/v4 |