An adult male patient presented in the OPD with complaints fo cough and fever for 3 months and haemoptysis off and on, His sputum was positive for AFB. On probing it was found that he had already received treatment with RHZE for 3 weeks form a nearby hospital and discotinued. How will you categorize and manage the patient –
Correct Answer: Categry I, sta 2 (RHZ)3
Description: - the patient received treatment for 3 weeks and then interrupted and the sputum smear is positive . It is regarded as category 1 of DOTS. - sta intensive phase of category I i.e., 2(HRZE)3 Reference : Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:189 <p>
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