| Title |
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?
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0049238 |
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| Authors |
Sumit Malhotra, Sanjay P. Zodpey, Shivani Chandra, Ram Pal Vashist, Srinath Satyanaryana, Rony Zachariah, Anthony D. Harries |
| Abstract |
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 end of treatment) while the latter recommends only one follow up sputum smear microscopy examination, which is done at the end of the intensive phase. This study was conducted to examine if there was any added value in performing an additional sputum smear examination at the end of treatment within the context of a national TB program. |
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| Student > Master | 13 | 16% |
| Researcher | 11 | 14% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Unknown | 19 | 24% |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Unknown | 22 | 28% |