Open AccessDirectly observed treatment short course in immunocompetent patients of tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy treated in revised national tuberculosis control programme
Author(s) -
Venu Kandala,
Yugveer Kalagani,
Nageswara Rao Kondapalli,
Monisha Kandala
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.95300
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , surgery , lymph node , biopsy , tuberculous lymphadenitis , cervical lymphadenopathy , sputum , lymph node biopsy , pathology , disease
Prospective observation analysis to evaluate the cure in tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy with directly observed treatment short course category III (DOTS CAT III) treatment as per revised national tuberculosis control program (RNTCP) at a tertiary care hospital in AP, India, from October 2007 to September 2009. These cases were followed up for period of 22 months.