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Chinese Journal of Disease Control & Prevention
; (12)2009.
Artigo
em Chinês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-548304
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Objective To determine the socioeconomic factors and main causes of treatment failure among bacillary-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Shanghai.Methods A 1:1 matched case-control study was performed.Ninety two cases who were treated longer than 18 months,and 85 controls who completed treatment during 2003-2004 in Shanghai were selected.Cases and controls were matched by sex,age,and previous treatment.Results Adjusted by sex,age,and previous treatment,the associated factors of treatment failure among bacillary-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients were drug resistance (?2=14.764,P