India, March 21 -- Co-authored by: Dr Prakash Kudur, Dr Reynolds Washington, Dr Ravi Prakash and Dr S Rajaram
Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. - Leo Tolstoy
When Tolstoy posited this statement in his famous novel Anna Karenina, he posited it in the context of marriage. That, for a marriage to succeed, it needs to succeed on many fronts. Tuberculosis (TB) patients are a lot like Tolstoy's proverbial "unhappy families". After all, suffering from Tuberculosis is a good enough reason for unhappiness. So when the patients are unique, the treatment regimen has to be unique too, customized to each one's realities and needs. No wonder boiler-plate treatment protocols are not having the desired effect....