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

• 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/58474/1/58474_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; http://irep.iium.edu.my/58474/; http://www.mjpath.org.my/2014/v36n2/pulmonary-tuberculosis.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

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...