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Treatment after failure patients
DEFINITION
Persons previously treated for tuberculosis and whose treatment failed at the end of their most recent course of treatment.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
Patients previously been treated for TB and whose treatment failed at the end of their most recent course of treatment
OTHER DEFINITIONS
Patient who is started on a re-treatment regimen after having failed previous treatment
Person who, while on treatment, is smear-positive at 5 months or later during the course of treatment and who then starts a ‘new’ treatment
Patients who are started on a Category 4 regimen after the Category 1 regimen has failed
Patients who are started on a Category 4 regimen after the Category 2 regimen has failed
Patient who has received Category I treatment for TB and in whom treatment has failed. Failure is defined as sputum smear positive at five months or later during treatment
Patient who has received Category II treatment for TB and in whom treatment has failed. Failure is defined as sputum smear positive at five months or later during treatment
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