Review of Organism Density and Bacteriologic Conversion of Sputum among Tuberculosis Patients

Table 2

Trend of smear positive results recorded before treatment through to the end of treatment.

Monitoring period	Sputum conversion results
	Negative	Scanty	+	++	+++
Monitoring before treatment	—	19	114	67	78	—	—
Monitoring at 2-3 months after treatment	144	10	20	1	3	80.90	100
Monitoring at 5 months after treatment	139	3	3	1	1	94.56	31
Monitoring at end of treatment	116	1	0	0	1	98.31	29

= sputum conversion rate; = loss to follow-up.