Relationship between sputum smear grading and smear conversion rate and treatment outcome in the patients of pulmonary tuberculosis undergoing dots- A prospective cohort study

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 135-140

  Tiwari, Simmi ^a   Kumar, Amod ^a   Kapoor, S K ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^b ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

DOTS; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Smear conversion rate; Sputum smear grading; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867161361     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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