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We evaluated the percentage of cases that were managed according to the International Standards of Tuberculosis Care (ISTC) and compared smear-negative with smear-positive cases.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analysed 1168 cases of which 742 (64%) were sputum smear-negative cases. Chest radiography examination at diagnosis and microbiological testing at the end of the intensive phase of treatment was performed in a smaller proportion than in smear-positive TB cases (70% vs. 79%, P value &lt;0.001) and (70% vs. 95%, P value &lt;0.001), respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Clinical actions recommended in the ISTC are of greatest importance in minimising pitfalls in care of smear-negative TB yet were performed less often in smear-negative than smear-positive TB cases.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0049475515581126","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,16]],"date-time":"2015-04-16T20:11:32Z","timestamp":1429215092000},"page":"214-220","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Quality of diagnosis and monitoring of tuberculosis in Northern Ethiopia: medical records-based retrospective study"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"45","author":[{"given":"George","family":"Mala","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"MSc, Department of Medicine, Mekelle University, Mek\u2019ele, Ethiopia"},{"name":"MSc, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University\/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mark G","family":"Spigt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"PhD, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University\/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands"},{"name":"PhD, Department of General Practice, Troms\u00f8 University, Troms\u00f8, Norway"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Luc G","family":"Gidding","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MD, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University\/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roman","family":"Blanco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MD, Department of Surgery, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Geert-Jan","family":"Dinant","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MD, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University\/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-0049475515581126","volume-title":"Global Tuberculosis Report","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2012"},{"key":"bibr2-0049475515581126","volume-title":"International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC)","author":"International Standards for Tuberculosis Care","year":"2009","edition":"2"},{"key":"bibr3-0049475515581126","volume-title":"Treatment of Tuberculosis Guidelines","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2010","edition":"4"},{"key":"bibr4-0049475515581126","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0017601"},{"key":"bibr5-0049475515581126","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5588\/ijtld.11.0794"},{"key":"bibr6-0049475515581126","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"67","DOI":"10.4314\/ejhd.v18i1.9857","volume":"18","author":"Berhane Y","year":"2004","journal-title":"Ethiop J Health Dev"},{"key":"bibr7-0049475515581126","volume-title":"Tuberculosis, TB\/HIV and Leprosy Prevention and Control Strategic Plan, 2007\/8 \u2013 2009\/10","author":"Federal Ministry of Health","year":"2007"},{"key":"bibr8-0049475515581126","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/501018"},{"key":"bibr9-0049475515581126","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pmed.1001061"},{"key":"bibr10-0049475515581126","volume-title":"Guidelines for Clinical and Programmatic Management of TB, Leprosy and TB\/HIV in Ethiopia","author":"Federal Ministry of Health","year":"2012"},{"key":"bibr11-0049475515581126","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1378\/chest.116.4.856"},{"key":"bibr12-0049475515581126","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/intqhc\/mzi040"},{"key":"bibr13-0049475515581126","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2458-7-107"},{"key":"bibr14-0049475515581126","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jep.12090"},{"key":"bibr15-0049475515581126","first-page":"324","volume":"2","author":"Uplekar M","year":"1998","journal-title":"Int J Tuberc Lung Dis"},{"key":"bibr16-0049475515581126","volume-title":"Involving private practitioners in tuberculosis control issues; 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