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Title Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis : emergency update 2008 / Steering Group, Ernesto Jaramillo [and others]
Edition Emergency update
Published Geneva : World Health Organization, Stop TB Dept., ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 247 pages) : illustrations, forms
Contents 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
Summary "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
Notes Title from title screen (viewed September 26, 2008)
"WHO/HTM/TB/2008.402."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Funded by the UK Department for International Development and the United States Agency for International Development
Subject Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis -- Chemotherapy
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis -- Prevention
Antitubercular agents.
HIV infections -- Chemotherapy
Comorbidity -- Treatment
Highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Restant -- drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Restant -- prevention & control
Antitubercular Agents -- administration & dosage
HIV Infections -- drug therapy
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
Antitubercular agents
Highly active antiretroviral therapy
HIV infections -- Chemotherapy
Form Electronic book
Author Jaramillo, Ernesto.
Stop TB Initiative (World Health Organization)
Great Britain. Department for International Development.
United States. Agency for International Development.
ISBN 9789241547581
9241547588
9789240683532
9240683534