Sputum Smear Microscopy at Two Months into Continuation-Phase: Should It Be Done in All Patients with Sputum Smear-Positive Tuberculosis?

BACKGROUND: The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) of India recommends follow-up sputum smear examination at two months into the continuation phase of treatment. The main intent of this (mid-CP) follow-up is to detect patients not responding to treatment around two-three months ea...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Gandhi, Mohit Padamchand, Kumar, Ajay M. V., Toshniwal, Manoj Nandkishor, Reddy, Raveendra H. R., Oeltmann, John E., Nair, Sreenivas Achuthan, Satyanarayana, Srinath, Dewan, Puneet Kumar, Mannan, Shamim
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: Public Library of Science 2012
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Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3378531/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22723991
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039296
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