Multidisciplinary management of difficult-to-treat drug resistant tuberculosis: a review of cases presented to the national consilium in Uganda

Multidisciplinary management of difficult-to-treat drug resistant tuberculosis: a review of cases presented to the national consilium in Uganda

Abstract Background Patients with drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) with comorbidities and drug toxicities are difficult to treat. Guidelines recommend such patients to be managed in consultation with a multidisciplinary team of experts (the “TB consilium”) to optimise treatment regimens. We descr...

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Main Authors: Joseph Baruch Baluku, Richard Katuramu, Joshua Naloka, Enock Kizito, Martin Nabwana, Felix Bongomin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Consilium
Difficult to treat
Multidisciplinary teams
MDR TB
Uganda
Outcomes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01597-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01597-1

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