Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: factors associated with time at diagnosis, and with delay in presentation to health system

Description

The morbidity and mortality from tuberculosis may be influenced by the delay from the onset
of symptoms until diagnosis. This study was performed to investigate patient and health
services delays in the diagnosis o f pulmonary tuberculosis, and the patients’ explanations for
these delays.

Links & Downloads

1. http://hdl.handle.net10539/14054

Tags

Tuberculosis, Pulmonary--diagnosis

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/14054
Date	06 March 2014
Creators	Alam, Mohammed Shamsul
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis
Format	application/pdf