Comparing outcomes in new pulmonary sputum positive and sputum negative cases under RNTCP in rural India

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 144-150

  Mukherjee, Abhijit ^a,d   Singla, Rupak ^b   Saha, Indranil ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b LRS Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases   (India)

^c R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

RNTCP; Treatment outcome; Tuberculosi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349387369     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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