| Title |
Risk factors in patients with AFB smear-positive sputum who receive inappropriate antituberculous treatment
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Drug Design, Development and Therapy, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.2147/dddt.s39247 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cheng-Yu Chang, Jen-Yee Hong, Mei-Kang Yuan, Shu-Ju Chang, Yuan-Ming Lee, Shih-Chieh Chang, Li-Cho Hsu, Shin-Lung Cheng |
| Abstract |
Acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear-positive sputum is usually an initial clue in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB); however, the test is not disease-specific. Nontuberculous mycobacterium-related colonization or lung disease often has AFB smear-positive sputum results, and physicians may prescribe unnecessary antituberculous drugs for these patients. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with AFB smear-positive sputum who received unnecessary anti-TB treatment. |
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|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
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| Researcher | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 20% |
| Unknown | 14 | 23% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 25% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 7 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 20% |
| Unknown | 13 | 22% |
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