Sentence examples for completing the intensive phase from inspiring English sources

In our setting, urinary LAM decreased during the 6 months of anti-TB therapy among TB culture-positive patients, and participants who were LAM-positive after completing the intensive phase of anti-TB therapy had a greater risk of mortality.

In Cameroon where about 6-136-13%patients with smear positive tuberculosis are still positive after completing the intensive phase of treatment [ 6, 11], our findings suggest that per year, about 1200 patients with tuberculosis in the country remain contagious after completing this phase of treatment.

Of 742 HIV-positive TB patients who completed the intensive phase of anti-TB treatment and were offered ART, only 101(13.6%) were started on ART ( FIGURE 1 ).

Of the 742 HIV-positive TB patients who completed the intensive phase of anti-TB treatment and were considered eligible for ART, there were 420 women and 322 men (median age: 32 years, range 2-70 years).

The remaining 31 (26%) completed the intensive phase but did not start the continuation phase, their median treatment duration was 89 days.

Only patients who had completed the intensive phase of treatment (generally 2 months) and one month of the continuation phase of treatment were included, to ensure a wide coverage of costs.

In April 2010, national ART programme eligibility criteria were modified to allow all HIV-infected individuals with TB (after they complete the intensive phase of TB treatment), and pregnant women who have CD4 < 350, to start ART, in addition to those who have a CD4 ≤ 200 or are WHO stage IV.

This can be due to the small number of deaths, defaults and transfers among cohorts of TB patients in general and particularly among those who complete the intensive phase of treatment [ 22, 23].

Patients included in the analysis were those who had completed at least the intensive phase of anti-tuberculosis treatment (see Figure  1).

Third, the great majority of TB patients tend to feel better after completing the two first months of the intensive phase of anti-TB treatment.

The findings from other studies are conflicting for this outcome, with one Mexican and two Indonesian studies showing more rapid 22 or more complete 27 28 sputum smear conversion in the intensive phase, a finding that has so far not been replicated elsewhere.