Are Tuberculosis Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Hyderabad, India Being Managed According to National Guidelines?

A tertiary health care facility (Government General and Chest hospital) in Hyderabad, India

Treatment categories and regimens for TB patients in India.

<p>PTB = Pulmonary tuberculosis: EPTB = Extra pulmonary tuberculosis.</p><p>*In children, seriously ill sputum smear-negative PTB includes all forms of sputum smear-negative PTB other than primary complex. Seriously ill EPTB includes TB meningitis (TBM), disseminated TB, TB pericarditis, TB peritonitis and intestinal TB, bilateral extensive pleurisy, spinal TB with or without neurological complications, genitourinary TB, and bone and joint TB.</p><p>**Not seriously ill sputum smear-negative PTB includes primary complex. Not seriously ill EPTB includes lymph node TB and unilateral pleural effusion.</p><p>***Prefix indicates month and subscript indicates thrice weekly.</p><p>H = Isoniazid, R = Rifampicin, Z = Pyrazinamide, E = Ethambutol, S = Streptomycin, Km = Kanamycin, Levo = Levofloxacin, Eto = Ethionamide, Cs = Cycloserine,</p

Type of Tuberculosis and treatment regimens of TB patients admitted to Government General and Chest Hospital, Hyderabad, India (2010).

<p>*RNTCP- Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme.</p><p>**Regimen formulated based on the drug susceptibility of the individual patient to first and second line anti- TB treatment.</p><p>Cat-1 = Category 1, Cat-2 = category 2, Cat-3 = Category 3, Cat-4 = Category 4.</p

Type of tuberculosis treatment for tuberculosis patients admitted to the Government General and Chest Hospital, Hyderabad, India.

<p>Type of tuberculosis treatment for tuberculosis patients admitted to the Government General and Chest Hospital, Hyderabad, India.</p

Referral for treatment and feedback status of patients initiated on RNTCP treatment Regimen at Government General and Chest Hospital, Hyderabad, India.

<p>Referral for treatment and feedback status of patients initiated on RNTCP treatment Regimen at Government General and Chest Hospital, Hyderabad, India.</p