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Monitor
patients bacteriologically monthly until
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cultures
convert to negative
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After
3 months of therapy, if cultures are positive
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or
symptoms do not resolve, reevaluate for
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Potential drug-resistant disease
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Nonadherence to drug regimen
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If
cultures do not convert to negative despite 3
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months
of therapy, consider initiating DOT
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