7.7 Summary of patient registration

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    Table 7.1 summarizes the elements necessary for defining a TB case.
     

    Table 7.1 - Patient registration by outcome of most recent TB treatment [1] Citation 1. World Health Organization. Treatment of Tuberculosis Guidelines 4th edition. World Health Organization, Geneva. 2009. (WHO/HTM/TB/2009.420).
    http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241547833_eng.pdf

     

    Registration groups based on treatment history

    Further classification

    New

    1. PTB or EPTB? If EPTB, indicate site.

    2. Bacteriologically confirmed or non-confirmed TB case?

    3. Sub-category of bacteriological status:

    • Smear positive/negative/not done
    • Culture positive/negative/not done
    • Molecular test positive/negative/not done

    4. If previously treated:

    • Document last regimen received
    • History of second-line drug use

    5. DST pattern: susceptible to H and R, confirmed H resistance and R susceptible, RR-TB, MDR-TB or XDR-TB

    6. HIV status (negative/positive/not done)

    7. Other co-morbidities?

     

    Previously treated

    Relapse

    Failure

    Treatment interruption

    Other

     

     

     

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