Background: The world adopts DOTS strategy for TB control thought the national TB control
programs in different countries and is making good progress. Despite the positive …

Materials and Methods: About 100 TB diagnosed patients were selected for the study at
Bidar Institute of Medical sciences. Based on the prospective observational study method …

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) causes enormous social and economic disruption and
hampers nation's development. DOTS strategy under RNTCP is one of the largest public …

ABSTRACT Introduction: The World Health Organization declared tuberculosis (TB) as a
global emergency in 1993. To intensify the efforts to control TB, the Government of India …

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to remain one of the most pressing health
problems, with India being the highest TB burden country. India has adopted and enforced …

Background: WHO statistics for 2015 give an estimated incidence figure of 2.2 million cases
of TB for India out of a global incidence of 9 million thus making India accountable for almost …

Tuberculosis is one of the foremost public health problems causing an enormous burden of
suffering and deaths. Chemotherapy is the basic approach to clinical tuberculosis control …

ABSTRACT Aim: To study the Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) experienced by MDR TB
patients put on DOTS plus regimen. Material and Methods: The longitudinal cohort study …

Background: Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) requires the use of
expensive and toxic second-line anti-tubercular drugs which are given for a longer duration …

Objective: Adverse drug reactions (ADR) in anti-tuberculous drugs act as an important factor
for treatment failure. The present observational study was undertaken to demonstrate the …