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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2007-1-22
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The diagnosis of tuberculosis remains controversial between clinicians and public health officers. Public health officials fear to treat too many patients; clinicians fear that truly diseased will be denied treatment. We wondered whether an analysis of the treatment threshold could help making the often intuitive decision to treat smear-negative cases more evidence based.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0272-989X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
27
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
53-60
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Why are clinicians reluctant to treat smear-negative tuberculosis? An inquiry about treatment thresholds in Rwanda.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
School of Public Health, National University of Rwanda.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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