Assessment of long term status of sputum positive pulmonary TB patients successfully treated with short course chemotherapy

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-140

  Banu Rekha, V V ^a   Ramachandran, Rajeswari ^a   Kuppu Rao, K V ^a   Rahman, Fathima ^a   Adhilakshmi, A R ^a   Kalaiselvi, D ^a   Murugesan, P ^a   Sundaram, V ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Long term assessment; PFT; PTB; SCC; SGRQ

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM SMEAR; ST. GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 70349401694     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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