?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Management+of+Tuberculosis+-+The+Need+to+Enforce+Proper+Treatment+Guidelines+among+Private+Practitioners+in+India&rft.creator=Sharma%2C+VM&rft.creator=N%2C+Anupama&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Tuberculosis+continues+to+be+a+daunting+challenge+for+our+healthcare+system.+Even+after+fifteen+years+of+the+much+publicised+Revised+National+Tuberculosis+Control+Programme+that+envisages+directly+observed+short+course+chemotherapy+(DOTS)%2C+TB+continues+to+spread+and+drug+resistant+strains%2C+MDR+and+XDR%2C+are+also+increasingly+reported.+More+than+50%25+of+TB+patients+seeking+private+health+care%2C+but+the+level+of+awareness+regarding+treatment+of+TB+among+private+practitioners+appears+to+be+poor.+All+this+call+for+an+urgent+revamp+of+TB+control+strategy+in+India.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-01-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8851%2F1%2F2011-4-1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Sharma%2C+VM+and+N%2C+Anupama++(2012)+Management+of+Tuberculosis+-+The+Need+to+Enforce+Proper+Treatment+Guidelines+among+Private+Practitioners+in+India.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8851%2F