Full Length Research Paper
References
Agonafir M, Lemma E, Wolde-Meskel D, Goshu S, Santhanam A, Girmachew F, Demissie D, Getahun M, Gebeyehu M, van Soolingen D (2010). Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Ethiopia. Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 14:1259-1265. |
|
Ahmed M, Fatmi Z, Ali S, Ahmed J, Ara N (2009). Knowledge, attitude and practice of private practitioners regarding TB-DOTS in a rural district of Sindh, Pakistan. J. Ayub. Med. Coll. Abbottabad 21(1):28-31. |
|
Al-Maniri AA, Al-Rawas OA, Al-Ajmi F, De Costa A, Erikson B, Diwan VK (2008). Tuberculosis suspicion and knowledge among private and public general practitioners: Questionnaire Based Study in Oman. BMC Public Health 8:177. |
|
Asmamaw D, Seyoum B, Makonnen E, Atsebeha H, Woldemeskel D, Yamuah L, Addus H, Aseffa A (2008). Primary drug resistance in newly diagnosed smear positive tuberculosis patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiop. Med. J. 46:367-374. |
|
Cabana MD, Rand CS, Powe NR, Wu AW, Wilson MH, Abboud PA, Rubin HR (1999). Why do not physicians follow clinical practice guidelines? A framework for improvement. JAMA 282:1458-1465. |
|
Biadglegne F, Ulrich SA, Rodloff C (2014). Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Ethiopia: efforts to expand diagnostic services, treatment and care. Antimicrob. Resist. Infect. Control 3:31. |
|
Frank GJ (2007). Cobelens. Tuberculosis Risks for Health Care Workers in Africa. Clin. Infect. Dis. 44:324-326 |
|
Gai R, Xu L, Wang X, Liu Z, Cheng J, Zhou C, Liu J, Zhang H, Li H, Kuroiwa C (2008). The role of village doctors on tuberculosis control and the DOTS strategy in Shandong Province, China. Biosci. Trends. 2(5):181-186. |
|
Abebe G, Ketema A, Alemseged A, Ludwig A, Mulualem A, Bouke CJ Robert C (2012). Relatively low primary drug resistant tuberculosis in southwestern Ethiopia. BMC Res. Notes 5:225. |
|
Hashim DS, Al Kubaisy W, Al Dulayme A (2003). Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey among healthcare workers and tuberculosis patients in Iraqi. East Mediterr. Health J. 9(4):718-731. |
|
Havward CM, Herrman JL, Griffin GE (1995). Drug-resistant tuberculosis: Mechanisms and Management. Br. J. Hosp. Med. 54(10):494-500. |
|
Hoa NP, DV, Thorson AE (2005). Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis at basic health care facilities in rural Vietnam: a survey of knowledge and reported practices among health staff. Health Pol. 72:1-8. |
|
Holtz TH, Lancester J, Laserson KF, Wells CD, Thorpe L, Weyer K (2006). Risk factors associated with default from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment. Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 10(6):649-655 |
|
Jain A, Mondal R (2008). Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: current challenges and threats. FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 53:145-150. |
|
Kiefer E, Shao T, Carasquillo O, Nabeta P, Seas C (2009). Knowledge and attitudes of tuberculosis management in San Juan de Lurigancho district of Lima Peru. J. Infect. Dev. Ctries. 3(10):783-788. |
|
Loveday M, Thomson L, Chopra M, Ndlela Z (2008). A health systems assessment of the KwaZulu-Natal tuberculosis programme in the context of increasing drug resistance. Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 12(9):986. |
|
Meskel DW, Abate G, Lakew M, Goshu S, Aseffa A (2008). Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance among retreatment patients seen at St Peter Tuberculosis Specialized Hospital. Ethiop. Med. J. 46:219-225. |
|
Mitike G, Kebede D, Yeneneh H (1997). Prevalence of antituberculosis drug resistance in Harar Tuberculosis Centre, Ethiopia. East Afr. Med. J. 74:158-161. |
|
Moloi TS (2003). The provision of tuberculosis patient care: A sociological perspective on primary health care nurses in the Qwa- Qwa district of Free State. University of Pretoriaetd 12:51-52. |
|
Girma M, Tilaye W, Niguse H, Mohamed S, Gemeda A, Godana J (2015). Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and associated risk factors in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Int. J. Infect Dis. pp. 1-5. |
|
Parmeggiani C, Abbate R, Mannelli P, Angelillo IF (2010). Healthcare workers and health care-associated infections: Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour in emergency departments in Italy. BMC Infect. Dis. 10:1471-2334. |
|
Richardson NL (2000). Evaluating provider prescribing practices for the treatment of tuberculosis in Virginia 1995 to 1998: an assessment of educational need. J. Contin. Educ. Health Prof. 20(3):146-155. |
|
Ronveaux O, Jans B, Wanlin M, Uydebrouk M (1997). Prevention of transmission of tuberculosis in hospital; a survey of practices in Belgium, 1995. J. Hosp. Infec. 37(3): 207-215. |
|
Savicević AJ (2009). Gaps in tuberculosis knowledge among primary health care physicians in Croatia: epidemiological study. Coll. Antropol. 33(2):481-486. |
|
Urassa W, Mugusi F, Villamor E, Msamanga G, Moshiro C, Bosch R, Saathoff E, Fawzi W (2008). Primary antimicrobial resistance among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from HIV seropositive and HIV seronegative patients in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. BMC Res. Notes, 1:58. |
|
Vandan N, Ali M, Prasad R, Kuroiwa C (2009). Assessment of doctors' knowledge regarding tuberculosis management in Lucknow, India: A public-private sector comparison. Pub. Health 123(7):484-489. |
|
Wondemagegn M, Daniel M, Mulat Y, Aschalew A, Bayeh A (2015). Risk factors for multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients in Amhara National Regional State. Afr. Health Sci. 15(2):368-377. |
|
World Health Organization (2014). WHO Report 2014, Global tuberculosis control, Geneva. |
|
Yu CT, Zantua RRR, Sto LJH (2002). Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of selected physicians in Tertiary-Care Hospital. Phil. J. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 31(1):1-8. |
Copyright © 2024 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article.
This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0