A multicentre study of doctors' approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in Turkey

Dagli, GÜRDAL; Cetin, Tanrikulu; Hamit, Acemoglu; Yilmaz, Palanci; Gurdal, Yilmaz; Ekrem, Guler; Levent, Sahin; ABDULLAH, Dagli; Nurhan, Koksal

A multicentre study of doctors' approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in Turkey

Dagli C. E., Cetin T. A., Hamit A., Yilmaz P., Gurdal Y., Ekrem G., ...More

JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, vol.3, no.5, pp.357-364, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 3 Issue: 5
Publication Date: 2009
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.357-364
Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Inappropriate anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment, particularly at the beginning of the disease, is a major cause of drug resistance. This survey was performed to evaluate doctors' approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of TB.