Status of smear-positive TB patients at 2-3 years after initiation of treatment under a DOTS programme.
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Dans Anglais
| IMSEAR
| 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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Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Population rurale
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Facteurs temps
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Tuberculose
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Sujet âgé
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
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État de santé
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Facteurs de risque
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Études de suivi
Type d'étude:
Etude d'étiologie
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Étude observationnelle
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Étude pronostique
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Facteurs de risque
Pays comme sujet:
Asie
langue:
Anglais
Année:
2007
Type:
Article
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