Should Sputum Smear Examination Be Carried Out at the End of the Intensive Phase and End of Treatment in Sputum Smear Negative Pulmonary TB Patients?

• Sumit Malhotra ,

  * E-mail: drmalhotrasumit@gmail.com

  Affiliation All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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• Sanjay P. Zodpey,

  Affiliation Public Health Education, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

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• Shivani Chandra,

  Affiliation State TB Office, New Delhi, India

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• Ram Pal Vashist,

  Affiliation State TB Office, New Delhi, India

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• Srinath Satyanaryana,

  Affiliation International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union), South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India

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• Rony Zachariah,

  Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Medical Department (Operational Research), Brussels Operational Center, MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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• Anthony D. Harries

  Affiliations International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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