Previous studies have concluded that there is an increasing trend of poor adherence as patients go into the continuation treatment phase, and that more patients tend to default at the continuation than the intensive phase. 17 , 19 , 20 Other treatment phases can be included, eg, the “drug resistance phase factor” represents the category of factors that are influential during a drug resistance treatment phase for the treatment of patients resistant to first-line regimen drugs and can be as long as 2 years.
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An ontology for factors affecting tuberculosis treatment adherence behavior in sub-Saharan Africa.
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