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INTERMITTENT CHEMOTHERAPY IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Strang Errol J.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb63284.x
Subject(s) - chemotherapy , tuberculosis , medicine , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology
The difficulties of obtaining patient cooperation in the long‐term chemotherapy of tuberculosis in the Northern Territory are discussed. It is estimated that only 16% of patients in the Territory, compared to over 90% in the southern States, complete an adequate course of chemotherapy. The situation has been met by the introduction of fully supervised regimens of chemotherapy. Details of these regimens are given. When the supervised regimens have been used, 72% of patients have been cooperative and 10% reasonably so. These figures are a great improvement over standard self‐administered chemotherapeutic regimens, and it is hoped that they will continue.