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Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis [[electronic resource] ] : emergency update 2008



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Titolo: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis [[electronic resource] ] : emergency update 2008 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Geneva, : World Health Organization, Stop TB Department, c2008
Edizione: Emergency update.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
Disciplina: 615.58
Soggetto topico: Antitubercular agents
Comorbidity - Treatment
Highly active antiretroviral therapy
HIV infections - Chemotherapy
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis - Chemotherapy
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis - Prevention
Altri autori: JaramilloErnesto  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: COVER; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Executive summary; Foreword to the 2008 emergency updated edition; CHAPTER 1: Background information on DR-TB; CHAPTER 2: Framework for effective control of DR-TB; CHAPTER 3: Political commitment and coordination; CHAPTER 4: Definitions:case registration, bacteriology and treatment outcomes; CHAPTER 5: Case-finding strategies; CHAPTER 6: Laboratory aspects; CHAPTER 7: Treatment strategies for MDR-TB and XDR-TB; CHAPTER 8: Mono-resistant and poly-resistant strains; CHAPTER 9: Treatment of DR-TB in special conditions and situations
CHAPTER 10: DR-TB and HIV infectionCHAPTER 11: Initial evaluation, monitoring of treatment and management of adverse effects; CHAPTER 12: Treatment delivery and community-based DR-TB support; Chapter 13: Management of patients after MDR-TB treatment failure; CHAPTER 14: Management of contacts of MDR-TB patients; CHAPTER 15: Drug resistance and infection control; CHAPTER 16: Human resources:training and staffing; CHAPTER 17: Management of second-line antituberculosis drugs; CHAPTER 18: Category IV recording and reporting system; CHAPTER 19: Managing DR-TB through patient-centred care
ANNEX 1: Drug information sheetsANNEX 2: Weight-based dosing of drugs for adults; ANNEX 3: Suggestions for further reading; ANNEX 4: Legislation, human rights and patients' rights in tuberculosis prevention and control; ANNEX 5: Use of experimental drugs outside of clinical trials ("compassionate use"); ANNEX 6: Methodology; FORMS; INDEX; BACK COVER
Sommario/riassunto: The emergence in 2006 of extensively drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis, especially in countries with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, are serious threats to global public health and jeopardizes efforts to effectively control the disease. These important developments and the availability of new evidence related to the diagnosis and management of drug-resistant tuberculosis have mandated an urgent update of existing guidelines. Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: emergency updated edition 2008 replaces previous publications by the Wor
Titolo autorizzato: Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-05799-5
9786612057991
92-4-068353-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996320228203316
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