Sputum Smear Microscopy at Two Months into Continuation-Phase: Should It Be Done in All Patients with Sputum Smear-Positive Tuberculosis?

• Mohit Padamchand Gandhi ,

  * E-mail: gandhim@tbcindia.nic.in

  Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization Representative in India, New Delhi, India

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• Ajay M. V. Kumar,

  Affiliations South East Asia Regional Office, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, New Delhi, India, Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India

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• Manoj Nandkishor Toshniwal,

  Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization Representative in India, New Delhi, India

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• Raveendra H. R. Reddy,

  Affiliation Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Hyderabad, India

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• John E. Oeltmann,

  Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Sreenivas Achuthan Nair,

  Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization Representative in India, New Delhi, India

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• Srinath Satyanarayana,

  Affiliation South East Asia Regional Office, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, New Delhi, India

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• Puneet Kumar Dewan,

  Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization Representative in India, New Delhi, India

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• Shamim Mannan

  Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization Representative in India, New Delhi, India

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