Despite of the efforts of RNTCP and implementation of DOTS, there have been reports
regarding treatment default cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. The present study was done to …

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a specific infectious disease caused by mycobacterium
tuberculosis affecting pulmonary and extra-pulmonary organs. Default is one of the …

Background: Tuberculosis is still a major public health problem in India and in addition to
this, non-adherence to DOTS makes it more difficult to manage and increase risk of drug …

Background: Tuberculosis is a global emergency and its control in community wholly
depends on outcome of treatment taken by patient. India has 2 nd position in total number of …

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Objective: To study default and its associated risk factors during the intensive phase of
treatment among new sputum smear positive patients registered under a Directly Observed …

Background: Tuberculosis is an old disease and has deep social impact on the society. It is
a re-emergent killer disease with rise in MDR and XDR strains. DOTS strategy under …

Objective: To assess the proportion of patients re-registered after default, failure or
successful treatment, completion and evaluate their treatment outcome. Setting …

Tuberculosis is an infectious airborne, chronic granulomatous bacterial disease which
requires a prolonged treatment to get a complete cure and prevent death, relapse …

Background: Compliance to therapy is one of the important factors that affect the outcome.
Non-compliance to self administered multi drug tuberculosis treatment regimens is an …