Profile and treatment outcomes of elderly patients with tuberculosis in Delhi, India: implications for their management
Authors
Patra, SLukhmana, S
Tayler Smith, K
Kannan, A T
Satyanarayana, S
Enarson, D A
Nagar, R K
Marcel, M
Reid, T
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Department of Community Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi, IndiaIssue Date
2013-11-04
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Given India's high rate of TB, rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and growing elderly population, elderly TB patients may be at higher risk of adverse outcomes including death, loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) and treatment failure. This may call for modifications in their management. This study thus aimed to compare the profile and treatment outcomes between elderly (≥60 years) and non-elderly (15-59 years) TB patients.Publisher
Oxford University PressPubMed ID
24189479Language
enISSN
1878-3503ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/trstmh/trt094
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