Sputum examination at 2-months into continuation phase - How much does it contribute to define treatment outcome.
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| ID: sea-146904
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To assess the usefulness of sputum examination at 2-months into Continuation Phase (CP) to declare treatment outcome.Methodology:
It is a retrospective study conducted in one tuberculosis unit, Tiruvallur district of Tamilnadu among smear positive patients treated with Category I and Category II regimens from May, 1999 – December, 2003.Results:
Sputum was collected at 2-months into CP from 70% of 1551 Category I and 74% of 292 Category II patients declared cure, failed or treatment completed. Result at 2-months CP was used for giving outcome in 112 (10.3%) of 1088 Category I patients and 37 (17%) of 217 Category II patients.Conclusion:
In practice, sputum needs to be collected for 7.8% of the patients with smear positive at the end of Intensive Phase. By doing so, there will be a delay of 1 month for 3.6% of the patients in declaring ‘failure’. By deferring the sputum examination at 2 months into CP, workload of laboratory technicians can be reduced by about 30%.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Year:
2006
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Article
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