Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Cross-Sectional Study of Practices among Paediatricians in Private Sector, Mumbai

<div>Actions taken by paediatricians when a patient does not respond to treatment. <svg height="10.1524pt" id="M46" style="vertical-align:-0.04990005pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -10.1025 6.17869 10.1524" width="6.17869pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,0,-5.741)"><path d="M486 158C486 177 478 202 466 220C413 228 386 236 336 262C386 288 413 297 466 304C478 323 486 347 485 366C470 376 444 381 422 380C389 338 368 319 321 288C323 345 329 372 349 422C339 442 322 461 305 470C289 461 271 442 262 422C281 372 287 345 290 288C243 319 222 338 189 380C167 381 142 376 125 366C125 347 133 322 145 304C198 296 225 288 275 262C225 236 198 227 145 220C133 201 125 177 126 158C141 148 167 143 189 144C222 186 243 205 290 236C288 179 282 152 262 102C272 82 289 63 306 54C322 63 340 82 350 102C330 152 324 179 321 236C368 205 390 186 422 144C444 143 470 148 486 158Z" id="g50-43"></path><glyph.data ascent="3443" descent="-2856" horiz-adv-x="611" vert-adv-y="611"></glyph.data></g></svg>one paediatrician reported that he never came across a patient who did not respond to treatment; figures in parenthesis are number of paediatricians following that practice, MDR (multidrug-resistant) TB; <svg height="12.2304pt" id="M47" style="vertical-align:-0.04990005pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -12.1805 4.98213 12.2304" width="4.98213pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,0,-5.741)"><path d="M263 363V584C343 572 363 521 380 464L408 470C399 526 392 562 387 596C376 598 367 601 353 604C328 612 296 617 263 617V693H228V615C122 603 67 532 67 453C67 376 123 329 193 300L228 284V41C132 52 93 131 75 189L45 181C54 130 66 71 73 50C113 24 170 9 228 9V-76H263V11C370 24 434 90 434 185C434 275 367 325 292 352L263 363ZM228 376C171 398 136 431 136 484C136 530 164 578 228 584V376ZM263 272L275 267C345 236 359 196 359 150C359 96 325 50 263 42V272Z"></path><glyph.data ascent="989" descent="-360" horiz-adv-x="480" vert-adv-y="480"></glyph.data></g></svg>two of these seven paediatricians did not specify regimen.</div>

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