Open AccessDocumentation and treatment outcomes of smear-negative and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia
Author(s) -
F. Tesgaye,
Atkure Defar,
Tariku J. Beyene,
Oumer Shafi,
Eveline Klinkenberg,
Rawleigh Howe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
public health action
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-8372
DOI - 10.5588/pha.14.0052
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , public health , pediatrics , family medicine , pathology
Smear-negative and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) comprise two thirds of TB cases reported in Ethiopia. Neither treatment outcomes nor underlying associated factors are routinely reported for these cases.
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