Under the DOTS strategy of Revised National Tuberculosis Programme, the recommended line of management is category I patients, if the sputum is positive after 2 months of intensive phase treatment with 4 drugs, is to -
<p> Continue intensive phase for 1 month with 4 drugs. Reference:Park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine,K.Park,23rd edition,page no:188 <\p>
Sta the continuation phase of treatment with INH and rifampicin
Continue the intensive phase of treatment with 4 drugs for 1 more month only, regardless of sputum positivity after that
Continue the intensive phase of treatment with 4 drugs until the sputum becomes negative
Add one more drug, that is, to use 5 drugs until the sputum becomes negative
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