The Clinical Handbook of TB management Protocols 2024 offers an overview of tuberculosis and provides insights into national diagnostic and treatment protocols, highlighting recent advancements, especially in managing drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) with shorter, all-oral treatment regimens. This handbook includes guides on the following topics.
Screening and Diagnosis
Methods of screening and diagnosis
Suggested screening strategies for presumptive TB cases
WHO recommended tools for TB screening
Laboratory tests of tuberculosis
Methods of obtaining a respiratory specimen
Diagnostic algorithm and treatment initiation for new presumptive TB patients
Diagnostic algorithm and treatment initiation for previously treated TB patients and interpretation of X-pert MTB/RIF/Ultra results
Interpretation of X-pert MTB/RIF and/or X-pert MTB/RIF/Ultra results
Interpretation of drug susceptibility test by LPA Result and treatment decision
Diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB in adults
Identifying presumptive TB in children
Critical signs requiring urgent hospital referral
Diagnostic algorithm of TB in Children (<15 years of age)
Screening and management of TB in Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) children
Systematic Screening for the Diagnosis of active pulmonary TB disease among PLHIV, Diabetes and other immune suppressant co-morbid conditions
Drug susceptible (DS) TB treatment and management
DS TB treatment and anti-TB drug regimens
Summary of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) treatment
Dosing for DS TB treatment (Adults and Children)
Monitoring and follow up management of DS TB
Flow Chart for management and follow up of Pulmonary Bacteriologically Confirmed (PBC) TB patients
Management of patients who interrupted treatment
Drug Resistant (DR) TB Treatment and Management
Type of drug resistant (DR) TB
Treatment of isoniazid resistant TB (Hr-TB)
Decision tree for the diagnosis and treatment of MDR/RR TB
Treatment of multi-drug/rifampicin resistant (MDR/RR) TB
Weight based dosing of medicines used in multidrug resistant TB regimens, adults, and children
Follow up and monitoring of DR TB patients
Monitoring and Management of adverse events
Side effects of first line TB medicines and management
Side effects of second line TB medicines
Approach to hepatotoxicity caused by first-line anti- tuberculous drugs in adult
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