Open AccessLoss to follow up during diagnosis of presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis at a tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
Star Pala,
Hiranmay Bhattacharya,
Kyrshanlang G Lynrah,
Amrita Sarkar,
Pallavi Boro,
Gajendra Kumar Medhi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_161_18
Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , tuberculosis , referral , pulmonary tuberculosis , outpatient clinic , tertiary referral hospital , pediatrics , surgery , retrospective cohort study , pathology , family medicine
Sputum microscopy is still used for diagnosis of drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (TB programs) aims to rapidly diagnose and treat all cases of TB. The aim of this study is to find the proportion of loss to follow up during diagnosis of pulmonary TB after the patient reached hospital (was handed over sputum cups for sputum collection) from DOTS center after referral from respective outpatient department (OPD) at a tertiary care hospital.