BACKGROUND Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP), Andhra Pradesh, India. There is limited information on whether MDR-TB suspects are identified, undergo diagnostic assessment and are initiated on treatment according to the programme guidelines. OBJECTIVES To assess i) using the programme definition, the number and proportion of MDR-TB suspects in a large cohort of TB patients on first...

Background: Tuberculosis distresses economically productive age groups and emerged as a noteworthy reason of global burden. Objectives: The study was undertaken to find the gaps at the level of patients, or health providers in implementing RNTCP and also find out the reasons therein. Methods: This study was carried out among all patients enrolled as pulmonary tuberculosis cases in DOTs register...

BACKGROUND With changing demographic patterns in the context of a high tuberculosis (TB) burden country, like India, there is very little information on the clinical and demographic factors associated with poor treatment outcome in the sub-group of older TB patients. The study aimed to assess the proportion of older TB patients (60 years of age and more), to compare the type of TB and treatment...

introduction: diagnosis of tuberculosis under the national tuberculosis control program (ntcp) is based on microscopic examination of sputum. the main objective of this study was to assess the perception of physicians and patients regarding the importance of chest x-ray in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis with a view to suggest corrective measures. materials & methods: one hundred and eighty t...

BACKGROUND In 2009, nearly half (289,756) of global re-treatment TB notifications are from India; no nationally-representative data on the source of previous treatment was available to inform strategies for improvement of initial TB treatment outcome. OBJECTIVES To assess the source of previous treatment for re-treatment TB patients registered under India's Revised National TB control Program...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: TB: Tuberculosis; NTP: National Tuberculosis Control Program; DOTS: Directly Observed Treatment ShortCourse; DOH: Department of Health; SDF: Single Drug Formulation, FDC: Fixed Dose Combination; MDG: Millennium Development Goals; UN: United Nations; WHO: World Health Organization; NTPS: National Tuberculosis Prevalence Study; NCDPC: N...