Publications by authors named "Rajvi Purohit"

Objective: We aimed to investigate the awareness, health care seeking behavior, and diagnostic delay in extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in a resource-constrained setting from Central India.

Setting And Method: Questionnaire based interview of 1220 EPTB patients ≥14 years of age was conducted between July 2004 and August 2012 at Ujjain charitable Hospital, Ujjain, India.

Results: Only 15% of patients had ever heard about EPTB and 2-4% knew about its prevention or treatment.

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