Multidrug resistant TB: fully oral regimens should help improve compliance, says WHO
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Declan C Murphy
- Source
- BMJ. :k3610
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis
business.industry
Antitubercular Agents
Administration, Oral
Medication adherence
General Medicine
World Health Organization
medicine.disease
World health
Medication Adherence
Compliance (psychology)
Regimen
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Multidrug-Resistant TB
Humans
Medicine
Effective treatment
business
Intensive care medicine
Oral retinoid
- Language
- ISSN
- 1756-1833
0959-8138
Most patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) should be able to get effective treatment from a fully oral drug regimen, the World Health Organization has said. The agency has issued a rapid communication about treating MDR-TB after evaluating the latest evidence.1 It said that the new advice should inform TB managers and others to start planning towards implementing …