Treatment of Tuberculosis (TB)
Treatment of Tuberculosis (TB)
“Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Tuberculosis”
The overall goals for treatment of tuberculosis are (1) to cure the individual patient, and (2) to minimize the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to other persons. Thus, successful treatment of tuberculosis has benefits both for the individual patient and the community in which the patient resides… Prescribing physician responsibility for treatment completion is a fundamental principle in tuberculosis control.