Medical Adherence Tuberculose

Adherence to tuberculosis treatment - UpToDate

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Adherence to TB treatment can be particularly challenging; the duration of treatment is long (usually six months or longer), combination therapy is required, and side effects may be unpleasant. Cost of medications (even relatively small copays or …

Interventions to improve medication adherence in tuberculosis

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-020-0179-x

Currently, digital adherence technologies have been developed that offer large potential to measure and improve medication adherence in TB patients 31. The …

Adherence interventions and outcomes of …

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002595

Tuberculosis treatment involves taking multiple medications daily for months to years, depending on …

Tuberculosis - World Health Organization

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The importance of adherence in …

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002884

Adherence to prescribed treatment remains a critical component of clinical trials in tuberculosis (TB) …

Adherence interventions and outcomes of tuberculosis treatment: …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29969463/

Background: Incomplete adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment increases the risk of delayed culture conversion with continued transmission in the community, as …

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Tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other …

[Smoking and adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment]

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Smoking and tuberculosis are two major public health issues. Tobacco smoke increases the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and the severity of pulmonary …

Tuberculosis: Key changes to the treatment of drug-resistant TB

https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/tuberculosis-key-changes-to-the-treatment-of-drug-resistant-tb

Implementing tuberculosis diagnostics: a policy framework (WHO/HTM/TB/2015.11). Geneva, World Health Organization, 2015 The use of …