"Treatment Outcome of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Tertiary Care Setting - Toronto 1992-93."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 37th ICAAC, held September 28 - October 1, 1997, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, "Among tuberculosis (TB) control program priorities completion of treatment has the highest priority. International and national recommendations target a cure rate of 85% for cases of infectious TB. A cohort evaluation was undertaken to determine the appropriateness of treatment regimens and assess treatment outcome in Toronto where the treatment of TB is done in a decentralized, integrated manner. Treatment outcome is estimated based on numbers who completed, died, defaulted, or were transferred. Consecutive cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were...

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