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Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis : [emergency update 2008]
- Title
- Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis : [emergency update 2008] / [Steering Group, Ernesto Jaramillo and others].
- Publication
- Geneva : World Health Organization, Stop TB Department, [2008], ©2008.
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- Description
- xxi, 247 pages; 24 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis > Chemotherapy
- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis > Prevention
- Antitubercular agents
- HIV infections > Chemotherapy
- Comorbidity > Treatment
- Highly active antiretroviral therapy
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant > drug therapy
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant > prevention & control
- Antitubercular Agents > administration & dosage
- HIV Infections > drug therapy
- Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
- Note
- "WHO/HTM/TB/2008.402."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available online.
- Funding (note)
- Funded by the UK Department for International Development and the United States Agency for International Development.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9789241547581
- 9241547588
- OCLC
- ocn277203775
- 277203775
- SCSB-5465460
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries