Routine outpatient short-course chemotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis. A radiographic presentation
Atwell, A.G.; Pearson, J.O.
South African Medical Journal 58(26): 1041-1046
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 7455817 Document Number: 159696
Radiographs are presented to illustrate the outcome of routine chemotherapy for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in a local authority polyclinic setting. Intensive, daily, supervised, short-course, 4-drug chemotherapy has been administered to ambulant patients on a 5-day-a-week basis for 5-6 months (100-130 daily doses). Over 5 000 patients with positive sputum cultures have been treated during the last 6 years, with good effect.