Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis ; Retreatment

Management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and patients in retreatment.

Retreatment of tuberculosis involves the management of entities as diverse as relapse, failure, treatment after default, and poor patient adherence to the previous treatment. The emergence of conditions for selection of resistance (failure and partial abandonment) is a matter of great concern. The development of a retreatment regimen for tuberculosis requires consideration of certain basic prem...

Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Retreatment Tuberculosis Patients in Benin

Objective. To determine among retreatment tuberculosis patients in Benin baseline characteristics, culture, and drug sensitivity testing (DST) results and treatment outcomes. Materials and Methods. A retrospective national cohort study of all retreatment tuberculosis patients in Benin in 2013 using registers and treatment cards. Results. Of 3957 patients with tuberculosis, 241 (6%) were retreat...

Retreatment of drug resistant tuberculosis at Battey State Hospital.

Tuberculosis retreatment ‘others’ in comparison with classical retreatment cases; a retrospective cohort review

BACKGROUND Many of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa are still largely dependent on microscopy as the mainstay for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) including patients with previous history of TB treatment. The available guidance in management of TB retreatment cases is focused on bacteriologically confirmed TB retreatment cases leaving out those classified as retreatment 'others'. Retreatment '...

Chemotherapy of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Many attempts have been made in the past to find chemotherapeutic agents active against the tubercle bacillus, and some agents alleged to have had such action, notably gold compounds, have had a considerable vogue. The discovery of the antibacterial action of the sulphonamides stimulated a search for compounds of related constitution having an action against the tubercle bacillus, and this resu...