Status of smear-positive TB patients at 2-3 years after initiation of treatment under a DOTS programme

Sadacharam, K and Gopi, P G and Chandrasekaran, V and Eusuff, S I and Subramani, R and Santha, T and Narayanan, P R (2007) Status of smear-positive TB patients at 2-3 years after initiation of treatment under a DOTS programme. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 54 (4). pp. 199-203. ISSN 0019-5705

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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

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	DOTS, Follow-up, Mortality, Smear-positive
Subjects:	Tuberculosis > Epidemiological Research
Divisions:	Epidemiology
Depositing User:	Dr. Rathinasabapati R
Date Deposited:	09 Jan 2014 10:57
Last Modified:	09 Mar 2016 04:51
URI:	http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/825

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