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The document analyzes the association between initial sputum smear grading and conversion/cure rates among tuberculosis patients in India treated under the DOTS program. It finds conversion and cure rates decreased with increasing initial smear grade, and that high default/death rates contributed to low cure rates especially in patients with high initial smear grades.

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kang.asep008

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