DOTS at a tertiary care center in northern India: Successes, challenges & the next steps in tuberculosis control

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 702-706

  Tahir, Mohammad ^a   Sharma, S K ^a   Rohrberg, Duncan Smith ^b   Gupta, Deepak ^a   Singh, U B ^a   Sinha, P K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Directly observed treatment short course (DOTS); India; Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP); Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33746168316     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Khatri GR, Frieden TR. Controlling tuberculosis in India. N Engl J Med 2002; 347:1420-5.
2. Wares DF, Chauhan L.S. Health policy, systems and services research and the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programm. J Indian Med Assoc 2003; 101:177-9.
3. Chauhan LS. Status report on DOTS expansion and implementation during the 4th quarter 2003. J Indian Med Assoc 2004; 102:256-7, 281.
4. Khatri GR, Frieden TR. Rapid DOTS expansion in India. Bull World Health Organ 2002; 80:457-63.
5. Frieden TR, Khatri GR. Impact of national consultants on successful expansion of effective tuberculosis control in India. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2003, 7:837-41.
6. Frieden TR, Driver CR. Tuberculosis control: past 10 years and future progress. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2003; 83:82-5.
7. Granich R, Chauhan LS. Status report of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme: January 2003. J Indian Med Assoc 2003, 101:150-1, 156.
8. Chauhan LS. Status report on DOTS expansion and implementation during the 2nd quarter 2004 (April-June 2004). J Indian Med Assoc 2004; 102:627-8.
9. Frieden TR, Munsiff SS. The DOTS strategy for controlling the global tuberculosis epidemic. Clin Chest Med 2005; 26:197-205, v.
10. Frieden TR. Tuberculosis control: critical lessons learnt. Indian J Med Res 2005; 121:140-2.
11. Sharma SK, Lawaniya S, Lal H, Singh UB, Sinha PK. DOTS centre at a tertiary care teaching hospital: lessons learned and future directions. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2004; 46:251-6.
12. Sophia V, Balasangameswara VH, Jagannatha PS, Saroja VN, Kumar P. Treatment outcome and two & half years follow-up status of new smear positive patients treated under RNTCP. Indian J Tuberc 2004; 51:199-208.
13. Rodger AJ, Toole M, Lalnuntluangi B, Muana V, Deutschmann P. DOTS-based tuberculosis treatment and control during civil conflict and an HIV epidemic, Churachandpur District, India. Bull World Health Organ 2002; 80:451-6.
14. Dandona R, Dandona L, Mishra A, Dhingra S, Venkatagopalakrishna K, Chauhan LS. Utilization of and barriers to public sector tuberculosis services in India. Natl Med J India 2004; 17:292-9.
15. Singh AA, Parasher D, Shekhavat GS, Sahu S, Wares DF, Granich R. Effectiveness of urban community volunteers in directly observed treatment of tuberculosis patients: a field report from Haryana, North India. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2004; 8:800-2.
16. Santha T, Garg R, Frieden TR, Chandrasekaran V, Subramani R, Gopi PG, et al. Risk factors associated with default, failure and death among tuberculosis patients treated in a DOTS programme in Tiruvallur District, South India, 2000. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2002; 6:780-8.
17. Mathew A, Binks C, Kuruvilla J, Davies PD. A comparison of two methods of undertaking directly observed therapy in a rural indian setting. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2005; 9:69-74.
18. Prasad R, Verma SK, Garg R. Failure of DOTS category - II treatment: a report on 3 cases. J Assoc Physicians India 2003; 51:423-4.
19. Bedi RS. DOTS centre at a tertiary care teaching hospital: lessons learned and future directions. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2005; 47:223.
20. Saravia JC, Appleton SC, Rich ML, Sarria M, Bayona J, Becerra MC. Retreatment management strategies when first-line tuberculosis therapy fails. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2005; 9:421-9.
21. Jones BE, Young SM, Antoniskis D, Davidson PT, Kramer F, Barnes PF. Relationship of the manifestations of tuberculosis to CD4 cell counts in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993; 148:1292-7.