regimenTuberculosis结核The highest burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) related tuberculosis (TB) is in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV complicates several areas of TB control, one of which involves treatment and treatment outcome. Large patient numbers cause congestion on TB wards, there is...
The regimen with rifabutin at 300 mg dose compared favourably to standard isoniazid, and warrants larger efficacy studies to assess its role for the prevention of latent tuberculosis in HIV-infected subjects.Matteelli, A.Olliaro, P.Signorini, L....
HIV, to evaluate the impact on the Lilongwe district tuberculosis programme performance of decentralisation of TB services, including extending the range of options for supervision of directly observed treatment (DOT) during the initial phase of treatment, and using a fully oral, intermittent regimen....
However, this regimen increases the risk of severe adverse effects compared with INH in non-HIV-infected persons.X F GaoL WangG J LiuJ WenY P LiThe International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung DiseaseGao XF, Wang L, Liu GJ, Wen J, Sun X, Xie Y, et al. Rifampicin plus pyrazinamide...
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was observed in 30% of the cases, and alcohol and tobacco dependence in 50%. Radiographic lesions were extensive in 70% of the cases. The 6-month treatment regimen is still effective: 80 of the 108 (74.1%) were cured, i.e. 97.6% of those ...
Close contacts of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB patients should receive careful clinical follow-up for at least 2 years. If active disease develops, prompt initiation of treatment with a regimen designed to treat MDR-TB is recommended. On the basis of ...
Other significant predictors of reported conversion rates included directly observed therapy (DOT) (P = 0.02), the number of drugs used in the therapy regimen (P = 0.001), and non-injectable drug use (P = 0.012).CONCLUSION: The rate of reported sputum culture conversion in TB patients was ...
Consequently, more patients can be put on a regimen for smear-positive TB, contributing to improved treatment and reducing transmissionKivihya-Ndugga L.E.A.Kenya Medical Research Institutevan Cleeff M.R.A.Kenya Medical Research InstituteGithui W.A....
To facilitate ambulatory care, ethambutol replaced streptomycin in the new treatment regimen. The number of patients registered in the control period (1996) was 1141, of whom almost 100% were admitted during the intensive phase of TB treatment, and in the i...
The latter finding may be related to a particularly high death rate among HIV-infected M. bovis patients. Therapy duration was longer for M. bovis patients, probably because resistance to pyrazinamide prevented the use of a short-course (6-month) regimen.LoBue, P. A....