Characteristics and programme-defined treatment outcomes among childhood tuberculosis (TB) patients under the National TB programme in Delhi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Satyanarayana, Srinath ^a,b   Shivashankar, Roopa ^c   Vashist, Ram Pal ^d   Chauhan, Lakhbir Singh ^e   Chadha, Sarabjit Singh ^f   Dewan, Puneet Kumar ^f   Wares, Fraser ^f   Sahu, Suvanand ^f   Singh, Varinder ^g   Wilson, Nevin Charles ^b   Harries, Anthony David ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d State Tuberculosis Office   (India)

^e GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^f Office of the WHO Representative to India   (India)

^g LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78149418933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013338     Document Type: Article

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