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The Treatment of Tuberculosis.

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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Organization, World Health
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2009.
Edición:4th ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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.