1Resident, Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Subharti Medical College, SVSU, Meerut (U.P.)
2Professor, and HOD, Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Subharti Medical College, SVSU, Meerut (U.P.)
3Professor, Dept. of General Medicine, Subharti Medical College, SVSU, Meerut (U.P.)
4Asso Professor, Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Subharti Medical College, SVSU, Meerut (U.P.)
5Asst. Professor, Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Subharti Medical College, SVSU, Meerut (U.P.)
Default is a serious problem among tuberculosis patients who are on treatment under RNTCP, leading to persistence of infection and drug resistance in society. A multi centric retrospective observational study was under taken, to find out risk factors and reasons accountable for the default of patients registered under Category- I of RNTCP in tuberculosis unit CANTT Meerut.
The leading causes of default identified were drug intolerance 42.30%, alcoholism 19.23%, persistence of symptoms 11.53%, absence of symptoms 11.53%, social stigma 7.69% and migration 7.69%.
Tuberculosis (TB), Default, Revised national tuberculosis control programme (RNTCP), pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)
