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Recurrence
DEFINITION
A patient who has previously been treated for tuberculosis, was declared cured or treatment completed at the end of the most recent course of treatment, and is now diagnosed with a recurrent episode of tuberculosis.
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Cases that have been treated for tuberculosis in the past and been declared successfully treated (cured/treatment completed) at the end of their treatment regimen. Recurrent cases include relapses due to the same M. tuberculosis strain as for the previous episode as well as new episodes of TB due to reinfection.
From: WHO
Year: 2013
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TERM 1
Diagnosis of DR-TB during the pre-defined follow up period after previous documentation of successful treatment completion
From: Scientific article (Int J Tuberc Lung Dis.)
Year: 2016
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