S Nazim Hussain Bokhari.
Follow-up on a Cohort of Tuberculous Cases.
Proceeding Shaikh Zayed Postgrad Med Inst Jan ;14(2):99-102.

A total of 58 new cases of Tuberculosis were registered over a period of 6 months during 1997, at the chest outpatient department. Twelve were lost to follow up while 46 completed the treatment and had regular follow up. All cases were diagnosed through isolation of mycobacteria or histopathology showing caseating granulomas. All patients were treated initially with four drugs (RHEZ) for 2-3 months followed by three drugs (RHE) in continuation phase, upto a total of 9 months. At the end of the treatment all patients were clinically asymptomatic and declared cured. None of the patients has reported with recurrence of symptoms at 9-15 months of follow-up. In conclusion, 8-9 months of clinic based supervised chemotherapy cured 46/58 (79.3 %) of newly diagnosed cases of tuberculosis, who were motivated enough to complete the regimen.

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