Why are clinicians reluctant to treat smear-negative tuberculosis? An inquiry about treatment thresholds in Rwanda

P Basinga; J Moreira; Z Bisoffi; B Bisig; J Van den Ende

doi:10.1177/0272989X06297104

Why are clinicians reluctant to treat smear-negative tuberculosis? An inquiry about treatment thresholds in Rwanda

P Basinga, J Moreira, Z Bisoffi, B Bisig, J Van den Ende

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Original language	English
Journal	Medical Decision Making
Volume	27
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	53-60
ISSN	0272-989X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X06297104
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Bacterial diseases
Tuberculosis
Smear-negative
Practices
Treatment
Threshold
Rwanda
Africa-Central

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