This pocket guide is intended to be a resource for physicians and other health care professionals who provide care and treatment to patients with MDR TB. The guide is a revision of The PIH Guide to the Medical Management of MDR-TB that was published in 2003.
The World Health Organization’s campaign website for World TB Day includes an advocacy and communication toolkit, campaign materials, and other TB-related links to help spread the theme "The Clock is Ticking."
This information card provides information on the multiple significant drug interactions between TB medications; specifically, INH, rifampin, and other medications and the effect of the interaction. It also provides information on food interactions with TB drugs.
This information card lists possible adverse reactions and/or side effects patients may have to TB medication.
This educational flipbook facilitates the work of promotoras, outreach workers, and other public health workers involved in the care of individuals with TB, HIV, and other co-morbidities. The flipchart includes material in English and Spanish.
This brochure presents guidance to limit liver toxicity in the HIV-positive patient with latent TB infection.
This pocket guide presents information regarding body mass index (BMI) and its relationship to TB relapse. BMI tables, BMI formulas, and a definition of TB relapse are included.
This pocket guide presents information regarding body mass index (BMI) and its relationship to TB relapse. BMI tables, BMI formulas, and a definition of TB relapse are included.
This fact sheet provides information on home and hospital isolation for patients with infectious TB disease.
This one-page flow diagram for clinicians and health-care providers lists remarks and side effects of second-line drugs used to treat MDR-TB. It provides information on the measured MIC, serum levels, and dosing of each drug.
