Monitoring treatment response in sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients: Comparison of weight gain, sputum conversion and chest radiograph

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Monitoring treatment response in sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients: Comparison of weight gain, sputum conversion and chest radiograph

Background: Monitoring treatment response to anti-tuberculous therapy remains unsatisfactory in resource-limited countries where sophisticated and expensive tests are not readily available. Sputum culture for mycobacterium is desirable, but not obtainable in many developing countries. Sputum acid...

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Main Authors:	How, Soon Hin, Kuan, Yeh Chunn, Ng, Teckhan, Razali, M. R A
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	Malaysian Society of Pathologists 2014
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/58474/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/58474/1/58474_Monitoring%20treatment%20response%20_article.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/58474/2/58474_Monitoring%20treatment%20response%20_wos.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/58474/3/58474_Monitoring%20treatment%20response%20_scopus.pdf

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