Abstract
This chapter covers the management of actual MDR/XDR patients with a concise discussion of the importance of previous episodes of TB, the diagnostic algorithm and treatment regimen. Cases with adverse reactions to drugs are also discussed as well as patients with co-morbidities.
Keywords: Adverse reactions, Algorithm, Chest x-rays, Co-morbidities, Culture, DST, Drug-susceptibility tests, GeneXpert, Management, MDR, Previously treated, Secondline drugs, Toxicity, XDR.
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Rafael Laniado-Laborín ;Hypothetical Illustrative Cases, Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Practical Guide for Clinical Management (2015) 1: 84. https://doi.org/10.2174/9781681080666115010013
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/9781681080666115010013 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |