Delayed Tuberculosis Treatment in Urban and Suburban Ontario

BACKGROUND: Delay in the treatment of patients with tuberculosis (TB) increases the risk of poor clinical outcomes – including death and transmission of disease – and may be reducible.

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Main Authors: Andrea S Gershon, Wendy Wobeser, Jack V Tu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/289657
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spelling doaj-art-868fabc934d84ec096b6338b2bcd82fa2025-02-03T01:00:40ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412008-01-0115524424810.1155/2008/289657Delayed Tuberculosis Treatment in Urban and Suburban OntarioAndrea S Gershon0Wendy Wobeser1Jack V Tu2Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, CanadaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Queen’s University, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, CanadaDivisions of General Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: Delay in the treatment of patients with tuberculosis (TB) increases the risk of poor clinical outcomes – including death and transmission of disease – and may be reducible.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/289657
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