Drug abuse profile - patient delay, diagnosis delay and drug resistance pattern - among addict patients with tuberculosis

• Published in: International journal of STD & AIDS Vol. 20; no. 5; p. 320
• Main Authors: Shamaei, M, Marjani, M, Baghaei, P, Chitsaz, E, Rezaei Tabar, E, Abrishami, Z, Tabarsi, P, Mansouri, D, Masjedi, M R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.05.2009
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Antitubercular Agents - pharmacology; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Crack Cocaine - administration & dosage; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diagnosis, Differential; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Female; Heroin - administration & dosage; HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - diagnosis; Humans; Iran - epidemiology; Male; Medical Records; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects; Opium - administration & dosage; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications; Tuberculosis - complications; Tuberculosis - diagnosis; Tuberculosis - drug therapy; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Iran

Socioeconomic problems limit the access of drug users to health-care services. This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out by making use of the medical records of new case tuberculosis (TB) patients hospitalized at Masih Daneshvari Hospital, the national referral centre in Iran, from 2003...