Second month sputum smear as a predictor of tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Brazil

Maria do Socorro Nantua Evangelista,Rosália Maia,João Paulo Toledo,Ricardo Gadelha de Abreu,José Uereles Braga,Draurio Barreira,Anete Trajman

Second month sputum smear as a predictor of tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Brazil

2018

Maria do Socorro Nantua Evangelista
Rosália Maia
João Paulo Toledo
Ricardo Gadelha de Abreu
José Uereles Braga
Draurio Barreira
Anete Trajman

Objective The value of sputum smear microscopy (SSM) after 2 months of treatment in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis is controversial. We analysed second month-SSM conversion as a predictor of treatment success in Brazil.

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Bioinformatics
Acid-fast
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Sputum
Tuberculosis
Medicine
Internal medicine
treatment outcome
treatment success
smear microscopy
predictive value

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