Factors affecting delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in Istanbul, Turkey

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To investigate delays in the diagnosis and treatment of inpatients with smear-positive pulmonarytuberculosis and to identify factors affecting these delays.Materials/Methods: 204 hospitalized patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis were identified. Theclinical files of the patients were analyzed and questionnaires were created.Results: Mean application interval was 31.4 days, mean referral interval was 22.1 days, mean diagnosisinterval was 3.3 days, and mean initiation of treatment interval was 1.4 days. Patient delay waspresent in 34.8 percent of the patients. The application interval was shorter for patients havingan index case for tuberculosis (p=0.039) and for those with good economic status(p...
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Factors affecting delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in Istanbul, Turkey