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

Tiwari, Simmi

Relationship between sputum smear grading and smear conversion rate and treatment outcome in the patients of pulmonary tuberculosis undergoing dots--a prospective cohort study. [electronic resource] - The Indian journal of tuberculosis Jul 2012 - 135-40 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0019-5707


Adult
Antitubercular Agents--therapeutic use
Directly Observed Therapy--methods
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
India--epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis--isolation & purification
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Sputum--microbiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary--drug therapy
Young Adult