Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Socio-demographic profile of multi-drug resistant TB patients in Solan, Hamirpur and Bilaspur Districts of Himachal Pradesh, India

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1Dr. Rahul Gupta, 2Dr. Balbir Singh, Dr. Pramod Shridhar, 4Dr. Sukhjinder Pal Singh, 5Dr. Pushpinder Verma

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: Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases are due to delayed tuberculosis services, mismanagement of drug resistance TB treatment and social stigma of TB. There are many socio-demographic factors associated with MDR TB infection such as poverty, overcrowding, illiteracy, lack of awareness and substance abuse etc. Aim was to study the sociodemographic profile of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis patients.

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