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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: World Health Organization (-), Stop TB Initiative (World Health Organization)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva : World Health Organization 2010.
Edición:4th ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009820290106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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