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Table 1 Inclusion, exclusion and withdrawal criteria for participants in the ADACS program

From: Design of the Anti-tuberculosis Drugs induced Adverse Reactions in China National Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Scheme Study (ADACS)

Criteria

Detailed items

Inclusion criteria

1. Primary or re-treatment sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients;

2. Receiving standardized short course chemotherapy recommended by CNTS in local CDC;

3. Willing to join the study and signing the informed consent by himself or surrogate.

Exclusion criteria

1. Having psychiatric disease which induces incorporation of questionnaire investigation;

2. Having severe diseases with prognosis shorter than 6 months;

3. Having certain problems with signing informed consent;

Withdrawal criteria

1. Unwilling to keep on participating in the study;

2. Incompliance like stopping taking CNTS drugs more than 2 months;

3. Developing diseases in the exclusion criteria after enrollment;

4. Out-migrating or temporarily going out, missing the scheduled laboratory examination;

5. Death which is not caused by anti-TB drugs induced ADR.