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- Published on: 13 October 2014Response to the comments published by Pruthu et al.Show More
Thank you for your comments on the published paper. C1) Recruitment: In Bissau the majority of TB patients are diagnosed at a laboratory at the local health centre, where the patient upon a positive smear is referred to the TB nurse at the same facility who will then start treatment immediately. Patients with smear negative TB are diagnosed at the national TB hospital upon x-ray and physician consultation, and are also f...
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None declared. - Published on: 1 October 2014Treatment delay affects clinical severity of tuberculosis: a longitudinal cohort studyShow More
Dear Sir, We read the article titled "Treatment delay affects clinical severity of tuberculosis: a longitudinal cohort study" published in BMJ open. The article was interesting as tuberculosis (TB) treatment delay is one of the important issues in timely case detection and management of TB in developing countries. The article was well written. However we have few comments to share which will further facilitate the under...
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