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See Latest ArticlesFactors influencing time to smear conversion in patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis
Respirology, 08/18/09
Wang JY et al. – This analysis revealed that 11.1% of tuberculosis patients remained smear–positive after 2 months of treatment. Patients with cavitation, higher smear grading and those who had not used isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide continuously in the initial treatment phase had a longer time to sputum smear conversion.
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