DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i05.048

Pages: 1691-1692

A retrospective investigation was carried out of records of 167 tuberculosis patients registered during 2012-13 for six month treatment schedule at DOTS unit of AIMS Indore. Of the 8 treatment default cases, half occurred during the first 2 months of intensive therapy phase. All defaults were seen in sputum smear negative cases. Defaulters were older in age and mostly from rural background. Implications of the findings for programme betterment and research are considered.