From suspect to patient: tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment initiation in health facilities in South Africa. - Concepedia

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From suspect to patient: tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment initiation in health facilities in South Africa.

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2008

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Elsamari Botha, Saskia den Boon, K-A Lawrence, Helmuth Reuter, Suzanne Verver, Carl Lombard, Christopher Dye, Donald A. Enarson, Nulda Beyers

Abstract

By correcting diagnostic weaknesses identified in the sputum register, PHC facilities will be able to detect, treat and cure a higher percentage of TB patients.