Defaults and their effects in pulmonary tuberculosis patients on intermittent chemotherapy

Mehrotra, M.L.; Pande, D.C.; Chaube, C.K.; Gautham, K.D.; Mishra, J.P. and Husain, Nasir (1971) Defaults and their effects in pulmonary tuberculosis patients on intermittent chemotherapy. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 18 (4). pp. 114-121.

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Abstract

Results of eighty-one sputum positive un- treated pulmonary tuberculosis patients who fulfilled the criterion of admission were analysed at the end of six months’ treatment. Twenty-eight patients out of 41 in ZHSH2/ZH and twenty-seven patients out of 40 in ZHSH2/ SH2 regimens were regular. Defaults of one week or more in drug collections were of the order of 32% in ZHSH2/ZH regimens and 33.5%in ZHSH2/SH2 regimen.

EPrint Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Intermittent Treatment, Chemotherapeutic regimens, Defaulters, INH, INH Resistance
Subjects:	Therapeutics > Drug Therapy Chemical and Pharmacologic Phenomena > Drug Resistance Organic Chemicals > Hydrazines > Isoniazid Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Tuberculosis, Pulmonary -Journal Repositories > Indian Journal of Tuberculosis Respiratory Tract Diseases > Respiratory Tract Infections > Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
ID Code:	1354
Deposited By:	Mrs Naina Pandita
Deposited On:	20 March 2006

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