Treatment of tuberculosis guidelines
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Geneva :
World Health Organization
2010.
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| Edition: | 4th ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009820290106719 |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Previous editions had different title : "Treatment of tuberculosis : guidelines for national programmes". "WHO/HTM/TB/2009.420." "World Health Organization, Stop TB Dept." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781282760813 9786612760815 9789240685352 |
