PMID: 11934136Apr 6, 2002Paper

Implementation of the DOTS strategy for tuberculosis in the Leningrad Region, Russian Federation (1998-1999)

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease : the Official Journal of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
R P RuohonenK G Koskela

Abstract

The DOTS pilot project for tuberculosis control in the Leningrad Region of the Russian Federation, supported by the Finnish Lung Health Association and the World Health Organization (WHO). To assess the efficacy of WHO-recommended standard short-course chemotherapy in newly detected pulmonary tuberculosis cases positive by smear or with extensive lung lesions suggestive of culture positivity, under project conditions. Analysis of data on case detection, sputum smear conversion and treatment outcome based on standardised (WHO) registers from districts and a central computerised database. Of 859 adult pulmonary tuberculosis cases (292 smear-positive) notified in the Leningrad Region in the study period, 312 new cases were included in the project. The sputum conversion rate at the end of the second month was 82.8% and 91.1% at the end of the third month. Of bacteriologically confirmed cases, 71.3% were successfully treated, 4.9% died, 11.7% defaulted and 8.1% failed. In the first year of the pilot project in the Leningrad Region, the DOTS strategy revealed feasibility and moderate efficacy among new pulmonary tuberculosis cases who were either smear-positive or showed extensive lung lesions on chest X-ray, and who were therefore o...Continue Reading

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