Intermittent treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a concurrent comparison of twice-weekly isoniazid plus streptomycin and daily isoniazid plus p-aminosalicylic acid in domiciliary treatment

Tuberculosis Chemotherapy Centre, Madras (1963) Intermittent treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a concurrent comparison of twice-weekly isoniazid plus streptomycin and daily isoniazid plus p-aminosalicylic acid in domiciliary treatment. Lancet, 281 (7290). pp. 1078-1080. ISSN 0140-6736

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Abstract

DOMICILLIARY chemotherapy of tuberculosis has become accepted practice in developing countries, but the best method of administering the drugs is still in question. Self-medication for long periods may result in irregularities, and, although fully supervised daily chemotherapy has been used to avoid these, it imposes a considerable strain on clinic and patients, and is hardly practicable in developing countries (see review by Fox 1). If, instead, supervised therapy could be given intermittently–e.g., twice a week–the method could become more generally applicable.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Tuberculosis > Clinical Research
Divisions:	Clinical Research
Depositing User:	Dr. Rathinasabapati R
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2013 11:16
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2016 04:39
URI:	http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/57

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