Tuberculosis Therapy
Factors linked with treatment interruption in fragile-living urban dwellers identified
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 12th, 2006
According to recent research published in the Journal of Epidemiology, "People under fragile-living conditions show a high rate of interruption of tuberculosis treatment. We examined the social courses of fragile-living urban dwellers with tuberculosis without customary and regular access to a conventional residence and investigated the factors associated with interruption of treatment."
"One hundred and nineteen tuberculosis patients without customary and regular access to a conventional residence who were discharged from a...
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