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) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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.