The proportion of died among the treatment outcome of TB patients in Japan is therefore quite significant, which subsequently is suppressing the proportion of treatment success–among the total number of 14,123 pulmonary TB patients (PTB) newly notified in 2015, 17.0% had died while only 52.9% had successfully completed treatment [ 1 ].
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A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in investigating risk factors for lost to follow-up for tuberculosis treatment in Japan - Are physicians and nurses at a particular risk?
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