Cambios en el tratamiento de la tuberculosis

Abstract

In order to bring up to date the Technical Norms of the Program of Control and Elimination of Tuberculosis, the Ministry of Health has accepted the following changes: a) perform susceptibility testing to all patients; b) increase in the frequency of the second phase of treatment from twice to three times a week; c) lower dosage of ethambutol; d) continuation of ethambutol during the second phase of treatment in cases smear positive in the second month of therapy; e) prolongation of treatment to 9 months in some cases; f) elimination of the previous Secondary Treatment; g) elimination of the previous Treatment Simplify, and h) changes in the retreatment of multi-resistant cases (TB-MDR).