@article{karmakar2016initial,
  title = {Initial Default in RNTCP at a Medical College},
  author = {Saurabh Karmakar and Rajendra Prasad and Surya Kant and Sanjeev Kumar Verma and Rajiv Garg and Ram Awadh Singh Kushwaha and Santosh Kumar},
  year = 2016,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/RESP/2016/472359/},
  journal = {Journal of Respiratory Medicine Research and Treatment},
  volume = (2016),
  pages = 6,
  doi = 10.5171/2016.472359,
  abstract = {Under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, sputum smear positive patients not undergoing DOTS treatment are defined as ‘initial defaulters’. A prospective observational study was done to analyse initial default in a Medical College. Most of the sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients were initial defaulters. The most common causes of initial default were the chronic cases that were on second line anti tuberculosis therapy on a non programmatic basis. The other causes of initial default were patient and physician non preference for DOTS treatment. Initial default rate can be lowered by implementing DOTS Plus in Medical Colleges.},
  keywords = {tuberculosis, default, India},
  note = Article ID: 472359
}