Treatment of tuberculosis [[electronic resource] ] : guidelines

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2010
• Edizione: 4th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (159 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.995061
• Soggetto topico: Antitubercular agents; Tuberculosis - Chemotherapy; Patient compliance
• Note generali: Previous editions had different title : "Treatment of tuberculosis : guidelines for national programmes".; "WHO/HTM/TB/2009.420."; "World Health Organization, Stop TB Dept."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Executive summary; Introduction; Case definitions; Standard treatment regimens; Monitoring during treatment; Co-management of HIV and active TB disease; Supervision and patient support; Treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis; Treatment of extrapulmonary TB and of TB in special situations; Annexes; Essential first-line antituberculosis drugs; Summary of evidence and considerations underlying the recommendations; TB treatment outcomes; Suggestions for future research
• Sommario/riassunto: The World Health Organization's Stop TB Department has prepared this 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. First, the recommendation to discontinue the regimen based on just 2 months of rifampicin (2HRZE/6HE) and change to the regimen based on a full 6 months of rifampicin (2HRZE/4HR) will reduce the number of relapses and failures. This will alleviate patient suffering resulting from a second episode of tuberculosis (TB) and conserve
• Titolo autorizzato: Treatment of tuberculosis
• ISBN: 1-282-76081-5; 9786612760815; 92-4-068535-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996320245903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno