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

Sadacharam, K; Gopi, P G; Chandrasekaran, V; Eusuff, S I; Subramani, R; Santha, T; Narayanan, P R

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

Date

2007-10-13

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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.

Citation

Sadacharam K, Gopi PG, Chandrasekaran V, Eusuff SI, Subramani R, Santha T, Narayanan PR. Status of smear-positive TB patients at 2-3 years after initiation of treatment under a DOTS programme. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 2007 Oct; 54(4): 199-203