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Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program regimens with and without directly observed treatment, short-course: A comparative study of therapeutic cure rate and adverse reactions
Author(s) -
Rajeshwari Sivaraj,
Sivaraj Umarani,
Subramani Parasuraman,
P Muralidhar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
perspectives in clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2229-5488
pISSN - 2229-3485
DOI - 10.4103/2229-3485.124557
Subject(s) - regimen , medicine , sputum , adverse effect , short course , tuberculosis , directly observed therapy , cure rate , surgery , pediatrics , pathology
To compare the therapeutic cure rate and adverse reactions in the regimens of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) with directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) and without DOTS.