Should Sputum Smear Examination Be Carried Out at the End of the Intensive Phase and End of Treatment in Sputum Smear Negative Pulmonary TB Patients?

BACKGROUND: The Indian guidelines on following up sputum smear-negative Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients differ from the current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines in that the former recommends two follow up sputum examinations (once at the end of intensive phase and the other at the en...

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Main Authors: Malhotra, Sumit, Zodpey, Sanjay P., Chandra, Shivani, Vashist, Ram Pal, Satyanaryana, Srinath, Zachariah, Rony, Harries, Anthony D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3494682/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23152880
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049238
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