Background Delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis results in increasing severity,
mortality and transmission. Various investigators have reported about delays in diagnosis of …

Background Delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis are a major set-
back to global tuberculosis control. There is currently no global evidence on the average …

OBJECTIVE: To systematically review Indian literature on delays in tuberculosis (TB)
diagnosis and treatment. METHODS: We searched multiple sources for studies on delays in …

OBJECTIVE: To analyse diagnostic delay in tuberculosis (TB) patients. DESIGN: Cross-
sectional study: all patients with TB notified to the French national surveillance system from …

Background Assessment of delays in seeking care and diagnosis of tuberculosis is essential
to evaluate effectiveness of tuberculosis control programs, and identify programmatic …

Background Treatment delay is an important indicator of access to tuberculosis diagnosis
and treatment. Analyses of patient delay (ie time interval between onset of symptoms and …

Background Delayed diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) results in severe disease
and a higher mortality. It also leads to an increased period of infectivity in the community …

Background Identifying reasons for delay in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis is
important for the health system to find ways to treat patients as early as possible, and hence …

Background Any delay in diagnosis and consequently treatment of TB patients not only
increases the infectivity of the disease in the community, but may also lead to more advance …

Background Delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis may worsen the disease, increase the
risk of death and enhance tuberculosis transmission in the community. This study aims to …