Treatment outcome of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Finland
A cohort study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15368342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tuula Vasankari (0000-0002-1413-8970, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, corresponding author), Pekka Holmström (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Jukka Ollgren (0000-0003-0765-4392, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Kari Liippo (Turku University Hospital), Petri Ruutu (National Institutes of Health) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 399-399 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-10-399 |
| PMID | 20604926 |
| PMCID | PMC2911402 |
| OpenAlex | W1968185657 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The proportion of favourable outcome was far below the goal set by the WHO. Age and comorbidities, playing an important role in treatment success, are not available in routine outcome data. Therefore, comparisons between countries should be made in cohort analyses incorporating data on comorbidities
Biostatistics · Cohort · Cohort study · Environmental health · Pathology · Public health · Pulmonary tuberculosis · Tuberculosis · Medicine · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment · Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |