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Private practitioners:How can private practitioners in India support and encourage governmental efforts on tuberculosis control?What schemes are available
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Slide show on DOTS

Prevalence figures of TB in India		 spaceIndian Journal of tuberculosis
 
Abstracts from October 2008
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Editorial

Relevance of non Tuberculous mycobacteria in India

Original articles

  • Psychosocial dysfunction:Perceived and enacted stigma among tuberculosis patients registered under Revised Nationl Tuberculosis Control Programmme
  • Study of relapse and failure cases of Cat I retreated with Cat II under RNTCP -An 11 year follow-up
  • Screening of bulk drug samples and anti-tuberculosis products for the presence of therapeutically less active diasteriometric(R,S)form of Ethambutol dihydrochloride
  • Treatment outcome of neuro-tuberculosis patients put on DOTS-An observation study from the field
  • Status report on RNTCP
  • Lupus vulgaris and tuberculosis verrucosa cutis(TBVC-A clinical,pathological epidemiological study of 71 cases

Case reports

  • Disseminated tuberculosis manifesting as chronic Pancreatitis
  • Tubercular hepatic abscess-A rare presentation

First Joint International conference of South East Asia Region(The Union) and 63rd National conference on Tuberculosis &chest diseases(SEAR-NATCON 2008)

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features on treatment categories,drug resistance,self assessment on TB
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