RESPIRATORY
OLD TUBERCULOSIS
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Using a minimum of four anti-TB drugs
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guarantee taking and compliance with the treatment until completion and its cured condition.
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Strictly supervised medication intake
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Drug therapy For initial empiric treatment of TB, start patients on a 4-drug regimen: isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and either ethambutol or streptomycin. Once the TB isolate is known to be fully susceptible, ethambutol (or streptomycin, if it is used as a fourth drug) can be discontinued.
Detailed explanation-2: -For treatment of new cases of pulmonary or extrapulmonary TB, WHO recommends a standardized regimen consisting of two phases. The initial (intensive) phase uses four drugs (rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol) administered for two months.
Detailed explanation-3: -The WHO group 5 drug classification refers to anti-TB drugs with unclear efficacy or an unclear role in MDR-TB treatment (9). These include thiacetazone, linezolid, high-dose isoniazid, clofazimine, amoxicillin with clavulanate, macrolides, carbapenem, and thioridazine.