BACTERIOLOGICAL RELAPSE AMONG THE PREVIOUSLY TREATED ADVANCED PULMONARY TUBER CULOSIS PATIENTS WHOSE SPUTUM CONV E R TED TO NEGATIVE BY THE RIFAMPICIN TREATMENT, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE DURATION OF RIFAMPICIN ADMINSTRATION

Abstract

The course of the sputum examination were followed up for 24 months in 94 cases of previonsly treated advanced pulmonary tuberculosis whose sputum coverted to negative consecutively at the 4th, 5th and 6th months after the adminstration of Rifampicin (RFP).