Noninferiority for Short-HER or short-chemotherapy?

Short-course chemotherapy for tuberculosis.

Although short-course, largely twice weekly chemotherapy for treatment of tuberculosis has been shown to be effective in other countries, when given under closely controlled conditions, it has not been adopted in this country where most patients are older and are treated as outpatients. Since January, 1976, 315 patients (mean age 55.5 years) with proven pulmonary tuberculosis have been treated ...

Short-course chemotherapy for silicotuberculosis.

The use of short-course chemotherapy in silicotuberculosis in the goldmining industry in South Africa is described in a comparative trial of 94 cases of silicotuberculosis and two matched-pair control groups with pulmonary tuberculosis only. The theoretical and practical considerations of short-course chemotherapy are discussed. It is concluded that this is an effective means of treatment for p...

Short-course chemotherapy for tuberculosis.

Side effects of short course tuberculosis chemotherapy.

A retrospective study of 300 tuberculosis patients on short course chemotherapy registered in 1985 at the Chest Clinic, General Hospital Alor Setar, Kedah was carried out with the purpose of identifying patient characteristics, determining incidence of side-effects and modifying treatment regimens in order to minimise these side-effects. One hundred and sixteen (38.7%) patients developed side e...

Intermittent or daily short course chemotherapy for tuberculosis in children: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of intermittent with daily chemotherapy (both containing rifampicin) in childhood tuberculosis (age 16yrs) in achieving cure significant improvement. DESIGN Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. METHODS MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library were searched for randomized trials of antitubercular regimens containing rifampicin, in children 16 yrs or less with t...