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Alaska Tuberculosis Program Manual - Epidemiology - State of Alaska

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Phase Principles<br />

Persistent<br />

Positive<br />

Cultures<br />

At Completion<br />

<strong>of</strong> Treatment<br />

Evaluation when positive cultures persist. Monitor for culture conversion and promptly<br />

evaluate patients with persistently positive cultures after 3 months <strong>of</strong> therapy to identify the<br />

cause. Treatment failure is defined as continued or recurrent positive cultures after 4 months<br />

<strong>of</strong> treatment.<br />

Completion in terms <strong>of</strong> the number <strong>of</strong> doses. The criteria for treatment completion are<br />

based upon the total number <strong>of</strong> doses taken and not solely on the duration <strong>of</strong> therapy.<br />

A L A S K A T U B E R C U L O S I S P R O G R A M M A N U A L Treatment <strong>of</strong> Tuber culosis Disease 6.5<br />

Revised November 2012

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