Efficacy of repeat sputum examination in RNTCP

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-21

  Malik, Sonia ^a   Dhingra, V K ^a   Hanif, M ^a   Vashist, R P ^b  

^a New Delhi Tuberculosis Centre   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pulmonary; Repeat sputum examination; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 66249118335     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. World Health Organisation. Toman's Tuberculosis: case detection, treatment and monitoring (second edition). Geneva: World Health Organisation,2004:1-332.
2. Global Tuberculosis Programme. Treatment of Tuberculosis: Guidelines for national programmes. 2nd ed. WHO/TB/97.220 Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organisation,1997.
3. Aber VR, Allen BW, Mitchison DA, Ayuma P, Edwards EA, Keyes AB. Quality Control in Tuberculosis Bacteriology.1. Laboratory studies on isolated positive cultures and the efficiency of direct smear examination. Tubercle 1980; 61:123-33.
4. Harries AD, Banda HT, Boeree MJ, Wirima JJ, Subramanyam VR, Maher D, Nunn P. Management of Pulmonary Tuberculosis suspects with negative sputum smears and normal or minimally abnormal chest radiographs in resource poor settings. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1998; 2:999-1004.
5. World Health Organisation. Treatment of Tuberculosis. Guidelines for National Programmes Geneva: World Health Organisation,2003.
6. Central TB Division. Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi; A training course on Managing the Revised National Tuberculosis Programme in your area, New Delhi April 2005.
7. Hawken MP, Muhindi DW, Chakaya JM, Bhatt SM, Ng'ang'aLW and Porter JD. Under diagnosis of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Nairobi, Kenya. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2001; 5:360-63.
8. Hargreaves NJ, Kadzakumanja O, Phiri S, Nyangulu DS, Salaniponi FML, Harries AD, Squire SB. What causes smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Malawi, an area of high HIV seroprevalence? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2001; 5:113-22.
9. Colebunders R, Bastian I. A review of the diagnosis and treatment of smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2000; 4: 97-107.
10. Siddiqi K, Walley J, Khan MA, Safdar N. Clinical guidelines to diagnose smear negative tuberculosis in Pakistan, a country with low HIV prevalence. Trop Med Int Health 2006; 11:323-31.
11. Central TB Division. Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi; RNTCP Performance Report,India First quarter,2006.
12. Central TB Division. Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi; RNTCP Performance Report,India Second quarter,2006.
13. Central TB Division. Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi; RNTCP Performance Report,India Third quarter,2006.
14. Central TB Division. Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi; RNTCP Performance Report,India Fourth quarter,2007.
15. Central TB Division. Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi; RNTCP Performance Report,India First quarter,2007.
16. Central TB Division. Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi; RNTCP Performance Report,India Second quarter,2007.