| Status of smear-positive TB patients at 2-3 years after initiation of treatment under a DOTS programme. | |
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PMID: 18072535 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the status of cases 2-3 years after the initiation of treatment under DOTS. SETTING: After DOTS implementation in Tiruvallur district, south India, we followed up a cohort of smear-positive TB patients registered during 2002-03 after initiation of treatment. RESULTS: The overall mortality rate was 15.0% and among the remaining 18.6% had active disease. In multivariate analysis, a higher mortality rate was independently associated with age, sex, occupation, treatment outcome and initial body weight of patients. CONCLUSION: The mortality and morbidity rates are still high during follow-up and needs to be curtailed by addressing these issues effectively in TB control programme. |
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Authors:
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K Sadacharam; P G Gopi; V Chandrasekaran; S I Eusuff; R Subramani; T Santha; P R Narayanan |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Indian journal of tuberculosis Volume: 54 ISSN: 0019-5707 ISO Abbreviation: Indian J Tuberc Publication Date: 2007 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-12-12 Completed Date: 2008-02-01 Revised Date: 2009-05-29 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0373027 Medline TA: Indian J Tuberc Country: India |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 199-203 Citation Subset: IM |
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Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai. |
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Adult Aged Directly Observed Therapy* Female Follow-Up Studies Health Status* Humans India Male Middle Aged Risk Factors Rural Population Time Factors Treatment Outcome Tuberculosis / mortality, therapy* |
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