Status of smear-positive TB patients at 2-3 years after initiation of treatment under a DOTS programme.
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| ID: sea-110559
ABSTRACT
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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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Rural Population
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Time Factors
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Tuberculosis
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Health Status
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Risk Factors
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Follow-Up Studies
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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