title: Some interesting observations regarding TB patient management from a rural area of Madhya Pradesh: TB case series.
abstract: Despite many serious efforts, tuberculosis (TB) is still a recognized public health problem. The Government of India has adopted the Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course (DOTS) strategy for the entire country through the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) for the treatment of TB. In this report, we have presented the trajectories for care seeking of two TB cases who suffered from either "patient level delays" or "health system-related delays" in seeking DOTS for the treatment of TB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Akash Ranjan
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Abhijit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pakhare
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: Directly Observed Treatment; health system-related delays; patient level delays; tuberculosis (TB)