A practical tool to help health workers in the clinical and operational management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis with special focus on the introduction, implementation and management of the nine-month treatment regimen.
4th edition. This is fourth edition of Treatment of tuberculosis: guidelines, adhering fully to the new WHO process for evidence-based guidelines. Several important recommendations are being promoted in this new edition
Three classess of tests are now recommended in the latest consolidated guideles on tests for tuberculosis infection. It includes for the first-time a new class of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-based skin tests (TBSTs), and the two existing classes of tests: the tuberculin skin test (TST) and t...he interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs).
IGRAs and TBSTs use Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigens and represent a significant advancement to TST which has been used for over half a century.
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Summary of current WHO recommendations and guidance on programmatic approaches
Copenhagen, Denmark, 7–8 March 2017. Meeting report
Single TB and HIV Concept Note Albania 2016-2018 27 April 2015
International Journal of Infectious Diseases 32 (2015) 111–117
Основная цель этого Руководства состоит в том, чтобы очертить рамки методов, используемых для оценки распространенности ВИЧ-инфекции среди больных туберкулезом и... способствовать осуществле-нию эпиднадзора за ВИЧ-инфекцией.
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This Tuberculosis guide has been developed jointly by Médecins Sans Frontières and Partners In Health. It aims at providing useful information to the clinicians and health staff for the comprehensive management of tuberculosis. Forms of susceptible and resistant tuberculosis, tuberculosis in child...ren, and HIV co-infection are all fully addressed.
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The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 21(5) DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0518