Chest
Volume 128, Issue 4, Supplement, October 2005, Page 403S
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TREATMENT OUTCOME OF TUBERCULOSIS UNDER DIRECTLY OBSERVED TREATMENT SHORT COURSE (DOTS) IN PATIENTS PRESENTING AT CHEST TB HOSPITAL, AMRITSAR

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PURPOSE: The present study was undertaken to determine the treatment outcome of DOTS as prescribed under RNTCP. Side effects and radiological improvement was also noted.

METHODS: A total of 150 cases of tuberculosis on the basis of history, sputum & radiological examination were selected. They were divided into three categories under RNTCP. All the patients were administered standard regimens of antitubercular drugs as prescribed under DOTS. Sputum of all patients was examined before the start

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