Is intermittent short-course anti-TB regimen as efficient and safe as daily anti-TB regimen for treating childhood TB?

Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is a common clinical condition in low- and middle-income nations like India where TB is endemic. Different guidelines vary in the recommendations on treatment regimes for childhood TB. Apart from clinical outcomes the decision to use one regimen over another also has an i...

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Autor principal: Bhaumik, Soumyadeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Evidence Based Summary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4408697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25949963
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.154626
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description Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is a common clinical condition in low- and middle-income nations like India where TB is endemic. Different guidelines vary in the recommendations on treatment regimes for childhood TB. Apart from clinical outcomes the decision to use one regimen over another also has an implication in the form of health system burden. The evidence summary presents the comparison between the intermittent regimens with the daily anti-TB regimen for childhood TB.
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spelling pubmed-44086972015-05-06 Is intermittent short-course anti-TB regimen as efficient and safe as daily anti-TB regimen for treating childhood TB? Bhaumik, Soumyadeep J Family Med Prim Care Evidence Based Summary Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is a common clinical condition in low- and middle-income nations like India where TB is endemic. Different guidelines vary in the recommendations on treatment regimes for childhood TB. Apart from clinical outcomes the decision to use one regimen over another also has an implication in the form of health system burden. The evidence summary presents the comparison between the intermittent regimens with the daily anti-TB regimen for childhood TB. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4408697/ /pubmed/25949963 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.154626 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Is intermittent short-course anti-TB regimen as efficient and safe as daily anti-TB regimen for treating childhood TB?
title Is intermittent short-course anti-TB regimen as efficient and safe as daily anti-TB regimen for treating childhood TB?
title_full Is intermittent short-course anti-TB regimen as efficient and safe as daily anti-TB regimen for treating childhood TB?
title_fullStr Is intermittent short-course anti-TB regimen as efficient and safe as daily anti-TB regimen for treating childhood TB?
title_full_unstemmed Is intermittent short-course anti-TB regimen as efficient and safe as daily anti-TB regimen for treating childhood TB?
title_short Is intermittent short-course anti-TB regimen as efficient and safe as daily anti-TB regimen for treating childhood TB?
title_sort is intermittent short-course anti-tb regimen as efficient and safe as daily anti-tb regimen for treating childhood tb?
topic Evidence Based Summary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4408697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25949963
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.154626
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