Sputum Smear and Culture Conversion in Multidrug Resistance Tuberculosis Patients in Seven Districts of Central Gujarat, India: A Longitudinal Study.

Indian J Community Med · 2018 · PMC5974826 · PMID 29899612

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Although the current findings show an increasing trend of sputum smear and culture negativity and decreasing trend of default rates at the end of 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months, the denominator, i.e., the total number of MDR-TB patients continued on treatment is also decreasing (attributed to deaths and defaults and those were lost to follow-up for the present study).

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