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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IMSEAR (Asia Sudoriental)
Asunto principal:
Población Rural
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Factores de Tiempo
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Tuberculosis
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Anciano
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Estado de Salud
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Factores de Riesgo
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Estudios de Seguimiento
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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