Delay in diagnosis and treatment among adult multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients in Yangon Regional Tuberculosis Center, Myanmar: a cross-sectional study.
Ye Minn HtunTin Mi Mi KhaingYin YinZaw MyintSi Thu AungTin Maung HlaingNgamphol SoonthornworasiriUdomsak SilachamroonYuthichai KasetjaroenJaranit KaewkungwalPublished in: BMC health services research (2018)
Strengthening comprehensive health education, enhancing treatment adherence counseling, providing more Xpert MTB/RIF machines, expanding decentralized MDR-TB treatment centers, ensuring timely sputum transportation, provision of a patient support package immediately after confirmation, and strengthening contact-tracing for all household contacts with MDR-TB patients and active tuberculosis screening were the most effective ways to shorten delays in MDR-TB diagnosis and treatment initiation.
Keyphrases
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- multidrug resistant
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- drug resistant
- public health
- peritoneal dialysis
- acinetobacter baumannii
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- escherichia coli
- young adults
- hiv aids
- palliative care
- patient reported
- type diabetes
- social media
- health information
- hiv testing
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- men who have sex with men
- human health
- electronic health record
- childhood cancer