The different treatment plans for drug-resistant TB disease depend on which medicines the TB germs are resistant to. A TB medical expert can help to prescribe the best medicines to treat drug-resistant TB disease, and closely monitor your treatment to make sure the medicines are working. Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) If you have drug
TB cases with resistance to the two main anti-TB drugs, rifampicin TB drugs such as fluoroquinolones, are defined as pre-XDR-TB.
Antituberculosis therapy RIPE TB regimen 4-month regimen Treatment of drug-resistant TB disease Treatment of extrapulmonary TB.
Four drugs used in RIPE TB therapy: rifampin, isoniazide, pyrazinamide, ethambutol. What is the typical RIPE treatment schedule for TB?
An important exception is HIV-infected patients with TB meningitis, in whom antiretroviral therapy should not be initiated in the first 8 weeks of anti-tuberculosis therapy. Drug Interactions. Rifamycins (a category of drugs for TB disease and latent TB infection treatment) can interact with certain medicines (antiretrovirals) used to treat HIV.
DOT. directly observed therapy ; DR. drug resistance ; DR-TB. drug-resistant tuberculosis ; DS-TB, drug-susceptible tuberculosis ; DST. drug susceptibility test.
Preventive therapy. As there is no widely effective vaccine for TB, using TB drugs to treat latent TB infection (LTBI) is one of the best ways to
TB cases with resistance to the two main anti-TB drugs, rifampicin TB drugs such as fluoroquinolones, are defined as pre-XDR-TB.
if you do not take the drugs correctly, the TB germs that are still alive may become resistant to those drugs. TB that is resistant to drugs is harder to treat. Directly Observed Therapy. The best way to remember to take your medicines for active TB disease is by receiving directly observed therapy (DOT). Through DOT, you will meet with a
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