Open AccessSputum smear grading and treatment outcome among directly observed treatment-short course patients of tuberculosis unit, Jagdalpur, Bastar
Author(s) -
Kishor Parashramji Brahmapurkar,
Vaishali K Brahmapurkar,
Sanjay Zodpey
Publication year - 2017
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_24_16
Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , short course , grading (engineering) , tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , surgery , pediatrics , pathology , civil engineering , engineering
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem. In 2014, worldwide, 1.5 million deaths were reported from TB. The study was planned to assess sputum smear grading and treatment outcome among TB patients attending tuberculosis unit (TU), Jagdalpur of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.