Efficacy and safety of thrice weekly DOTS in tuberculosis patients with and without HIV co-infection: an observational study.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on October 07, 2013

Authors

Richa Vashishtha1, Krishna Mohan, Bhagteshwar Singh, Satish K Devarapu, Vishnubhatla Sreenivas, Sanjay Ranjan, Deepak Gupta, Sanjeev Sinha, Surendra K Sharma

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. sksharma.aiims@gmail.com.

Associated clinical trials:

Efficacy of Thrice Weekly Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course (DOTS) in HIV-associated Tuberculosis | NCT00698334

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