Should sputum smear examination be carried out at the end of the intensive phase and end of treatment in sputum smear negative pulmonary TB patients?
<h4>Background</h4>The Indian guidelines on following up sputum smear-negative Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients differ from the current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines in that the former recommends two follow up sputum examinations (once at the end of intensive phase and...
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Autores principales: | Sumit Malhotra, Sanjay P Zodpey, Shivani Chandra, Ram Pal Vashist, Srinath Satyanaryana, Rony Zachariah, Anthony D Harries |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/ac30aaf7d6b44ec7b81fb4c788eb08ae |
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