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ArticlePublic health action2018

Tuberculosis retreatment outcomes and associated factors: a mixed-methods study from Puducherry, India.

A Velavan, A J Purty, K Shringarpure, K D Sagili, A K Mishra, K S Selvaraj, M Manikandan, V Saravanan

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Article in Public health action, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Nutrition Supplement Improves Treatment Outcome among Adults on the Retreatment Regimen for Tuberculosis; A Two Arm Stepped Wedge Phased Implementation Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

A VelavanDepartment of Community Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Science (PIMS), Puducherry, India.
A J PurtyDepartment of Community Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Science (PIMS), Puducherry, India.
K ShringarpureDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Medical College of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
K D SagiliInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, South-East Asia Office, New Delhi, India.
A K MishraDepartment of Community Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Science (PIMS), Puducherry, India.
K S SelvarajDepartment of Community Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Science (PIMS), Puducherry, India.
M ManikandanDepartment of Community Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Science (PIMS), Puducherry, India.
V SaravananDepartment of Community Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Science (PIMS), Puducherry, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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reasonsretreatment TB casesunfavourable outcomes

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PMID30775279
PMCPMC6361493

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