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Abstract
Infection from Mycobacterium tuberculosis results in the death of three million people worldwide per annum of which an estimated one thousand are in Saudi Arabia. The WHO has set a target for successful treatment of 85% but Saudi Arabia is currently not meeting that target. We believe that the first step in improving the control of tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia is to improve and unify the standards of diagnostic services and laboratories responsible for tuberculosis. This paper reviews the current status and suggests possible improvements. Copyright (c) 2009 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20701887 DOI： 10.1016/j.jiph.2009.12.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Public Health ISSN： 1876-0341 Impact factor: 3.718