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Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis :

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Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis :

[Book]

emergency update 2008 /

Steering Group, Ernesto Jaramillo [and others].

Emergency update.

Geneva :

World Health Organization, Stop TB Dept.,

©2008.

1 online resource (xxi, 247 pages) :

illustrations, forms

"WHO/HTM/TB/2008.402."

Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 26, 2008).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background information on DR-TB -- Framework for effective control of DR-TB -- Political commitment and coordination -- Definitions : case registration, bacteriology and treatment outcomes -- Case-finding strategies -- Laboratory aspects -- Treatment strategies for MDR-TB and XDR-TB -- Mono-resistant and poly-resistant strains -- Treatment of DR-TB in special conditions and situations -- DR-TB and HIV infection -- Initial evaluation, monitoring of treatment and management of adverse effects -- Treatment delivery and community-based DR-TB support -- Management of patients after MDR-TB treatment failure -- Management of contacts of MDR-TB patients -- Drug resistance and infection control -- Human resources : training and staffing -- Management of second-line antituberulosis drugs -- Category IV recording and reporting system -- Managing DR-TB through patient-centred care -- Appendices.

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"The emergence of extensively drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis, especially in countries with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, is a serious threat to global public health and jeopardizes efforts to effectively control the disease. This publication offers updated recommendations for the diagnosis and management of drug-resistant tuberculosis in a variety of geographical, economic and social settings, and the recording of data that enables the monitoring and evaluation of programs"--Publisher's description.

Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

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Antitubercular agents.

Comorbidity-- Treatment.

Highly active antiretroviral therapy.

HIV infections-- Chemotherapy.

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis-- Chemotherapy.

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis-- Prevention.

Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active.

Antitubercular Agents-- administration & dosage.

HIV Infections-- drug therapy.

Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Restant-- drug therapy

Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Restant-- prevention & control

Antitubercular agents.

Highly active antiretroviral therapy.

HIV infections-- Chemotherapy.

MEDICAL-- Oncology.

MED-- 062000

Jaramillo, Ernesto.

Great Britain., Department for International Development.

United States., Agency for International Development.

Stop TB Initiative (World Health Organization)

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