Indian Council of Medical Research, Madras (1969) Prevalence of drug resistance in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis presenting for the first time with symptoms at chest clinics in India. Part 2. Findings in urban clinics among all patients with or without history of previous chemotherapy. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 57 (5). pp. 823-835. ISSN 0971-5916
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Abstract
A previous report (Indian Council of Medical Research First Drug Resistance Investigation, 1968) presented the results of a co-operative investigation on the prevalence of drug resistance in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, presenting for the first time with symptoms at chest clinics in India and giving no history of previous antituberculosis chemotherapy. However, the information obtained from that investigation is of rather limited value because, in most clinics, fairly large proportions of patients reporting for the first time do so with a history of previous treatment. This is because antituberculosis chemotherapy is offered not only by chest clinics, but also by general hospitals and private practitioners. In these circumstances, information on the prevalence of drug resistance among all patients, irrespective of the history of previous antituberculosis chemotherapy, will be of great value, not only to the cliniciansin- charge of the chest clinics but also to those responsible for formulating general policies of treatment in the country. The second drug resistance investigation was undertaken
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Tuberculosis > Clinical Research |
| Divisions: | Clinical Research |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Rathinasabapati R |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2013 07:51 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2016 07:05 |
| URI: | http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/95 |
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