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Review on Current Practices of Dots for TB Treatment in Rural India
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The article contains general information about tuberculosis. Generally TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB is classified into two types,
1] MDR-TB- Multi drug resistant
2] XDR-TB- Extended drug resistant
For the treatment of TB two types of drugs generally used
1] First line drugs
2] Second line drugs
The standard treatment is recommended by WHO [World Health Organization] i.e. DOT DOT is [DIRECTLY OBSERVED TREATMENT] it have several benefit but also it fails in India because of Some factors like incorrect prescription of drug, resistance to first line- second line drugs etc. To improve the failures of DOT new strategies are developed i.e. NTP and RNTCP programs. These programs was started by Government of India in 1993.
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