Are registered sputum smear-negative tuberculosis patients in Karnataka, India, diagnosed by national algorithm?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1491-1495

  Chadha, V K ^a   Praseeja, P ^a   Hemanthkumar, N K ^a   Shivshankara, B A ^a   Sharada, M A ^a   Nagendra, N ^a   Padmesh, R ^a   Puttuswamy, G ^a   Ahmed, J ^a   Kumar, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Chest Xray; Diagnosis; India; Sputum microscopy

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM; STANDARDS; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COINFECTION; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84911390694     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0216     Document Type: Article

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