A adult male patient presented in the OPD with complaints of cough and fever for 3 months and haemoptysis off and on. His sputum was positive for AFB. On probing it was found that he had already received treatment with RHZE for 3 weeks from a nearby hospital and discontinued. How will you categorize and manage the patient?: (A) Category I, start 2 (RHZE)3, (B) Category II, start 2 (RHZE)3, (C) Category III, start 2 (RHZ)3, (D) Category II, start 2 (RHZES)3
Answer is A. New Case: A TB case who has never taken treatment or took it <4 weeks.