‘They prefer hidden treatment': anti-tuberculosis drug-taking practices and drug regulation in Karakalpakstan

'They prefer hidden treatment': anti-tuberculosis drug-taking practices and drug regulation in Karakalpakstan.

SETTING The joint Médecins Sans Frontières/Ministry of Health Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Programme, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. OBJECTIVE Uzbekistan has high rates of MDR-TB. We aimed to understand patients' and prescribers' attitudes to anti-tuberculosis drug prescription, regulation and drug-taking behaviour. METHODS Participants (12 patients, 12 practitioners) were recruit...

A Rare Etiology of Drug Rash in a Patient Receiving Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment

Anti-tuberculosis medications can cause various side effects, including drug rash. When a patient on anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) develops rash, we usually stop all medicines, rechallenge the patient with medications individually, and find the offending agent. It should be mentioned that drug rash can be also a manifestation of other diseases. Herein, we report a case of tuberculosis who d...

drug-resistant tuberculosis and group 5 anti-tuberculosis drugs

Tuberculosis treatment and drug regimens.

Tuberculosis is an airborne infectious disease treated with combination therapeutic regimens. Adherence to long-term antituberculosis therapy is crucial for maintaining adequate blood drug level. The emergence and spread of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains are mainly favored by the inadequate medical management of the patients. The therapeutic approach for drug-resistant tuberc...

Modern Drug Treatment in Tuberculosis

M.D. (Pp. xii + 566; figs. 415. 144s.) London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1958. THIS work covers every conceivable aspect of obstruction in the gastro-intestinal tract from the cesophagus to the anal canal in a truly encycloprdic manner. The book contains a tremendous amount of information and approximately 1,700 references in the bibliography. It is refreshing here to note that the authors incl...