After 5 months of ATT treatment, if sputum is positive for AFB
A. Treatment failureB. Relapse
C. Return after default
D. Recurrence
Ans. A. Treatment failure
Failure case - A patient who was
initially smear positive, who began treatment and who remained or became smear
positive again at five months or later during the course of treatment.
Relapse -A patient who returns smear positive having previously been treated for tuberculosis and declared cured after the completion of his treatment.
Return after default - A patient who returns sputum smear positive, after having left treatment for at least two months.
Relapse -A patient who returns smear positive having previously been treated for tuberculosis and declared cured after the completion of his treatment.
Return after default - A patient who returns sputum smear positive, after having left treatment for at least two months.
