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  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Chapter 1: Introduction and epidemiology
  • Chapter 2: Clinical presentation
  • Chapter 3: Diagnosis and follow-up investigations
  • Chapter 4: Diagnosis of active tuberculosis in children
  • Chapter 5: Diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary tuberculosis in symptomatic adolescents and adults
  • Chapter 6: Screening for active tuberculosis
  • Chapter 7: Case definitions
  • Chapter 8: Tuberculosis drugs and treatment regimens
  • Chapter 9: Treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis
  • Chapter 10: Treatment of multidrug-resistant and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis
  • Chapter 11: Treatment of rifampicin-susceptible and isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis
  • Chapter 12: Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection
  • Chapter 13: Adherence to tuberculosis treatment
  • Chapter 14: Infection prevention and control
  • Chapter 15: Follow-up of staff exposed to tuberculosis
  • Chapter 16: Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection
  • Chapter 17: Monitoring and evaluation
  • Appendices
    • Appendix 1. Xpert assays
    • Appendix 2. Interpretation of Xpert assay results
    • Appendix 3. Collection, storage, and shipment of respiratory specimens
    • Appendix 4. Sputum smear microscopy
    • Appendix 5. Time required for diagnostic test results
    • Appendix 6. Ventilated workstation and biosafety cabinet
    • Appendix 7. Lymph node fine needle aspiration
    • Appendix 8. Protein estimation
    • Appendix 9. Tuberculin skin test
    • Appendix 10. Drug information sheets and patient instructions for active TB treatment
    • Appendix 11. TB drugs in pregnant or breastfeeding women
    • Appendix 12. Dose adjustments in renal insufficiency
    • Appendix 13. Daily dose of TB drugs using fixed-dose combinations
    • Appendix 14. Monitoring of patients on DS-TB treatment
    • Appendix 15. Monitoring of patients on DR-TB treatment
    • Appendix 16. Additional investigations in DR-TB
    • Appendix 17. Management of adverse effects
      • Gastrointestinal disorders
      • Nervous system and psychiatric disorders
      • Endocrine disorders
      • Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
      • Musculoskeletal disorders
      • Miscellaneous
    • Appendix 18. Compassionate use of TB drugs
    • Appendix 19. Drug interactions and overlapping toxicities
    • Appendix 20. Treatment supporters
    • Appendix 21. Therapeutic patient education
    • Appendix 22. Assessment of adherence to TB treatment
    • Appendix 23. Basic tool for assessing risk of TB transmission
    • Appendix 24. Recommendations for air change per hour
    • Appendix 25. Overview of ventilation techniques
    • Appendix 26. Germicidal ultraviolet lamps
    • Appendix 27. Respirators
    • Appendix 28. Surgical masks
    • Appendix 29. BCG vaccine
    • Appendix 30. DS-TB and Hr-TB treatment card
    • Appendix 31. DS-TB and Hr-TB register
    • Appendix 32. MDR/RR-TB treatment card
    • Appendix 33. MDR/RR-TB register
    • Appendix 34. Request form for smear microscopy and Xpert assays
    • Appendix 35. Request form for culture, pDST, LPA, genome sequencing
    • Appendix 36. Drug-o-gram
    • Appendix 37. Case detection and enrolment report and treatment outcome report
    • Appendix 38. TB facility assessment sheet

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Appendix 17. Management of adverse effects

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    • Gastrointestinal disorders
      • Abdominal pain
      • Diarrhoea
      • Epigastric pain
      • Hepatotoxicity
      • Metallic taste
      • Nausea and vomiting
    • Nervous system and psychiatric disorders
      • Depression
      • Headache
      • Optic neuritis
      • Peripheral neuropathy
      • Psychosis
      • Seizures
    • Endocrine disorders
      • Gynecomastia
      • Hypothyroidism
    • Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
      • Alopecia
      • Fungal infection
      • Photosensitivity
      • Skin reactions
    • Musculoskeletal disorders
      • Arthralgias
      • Tendinitis/tendon rupture
    • Miscellaneous
      • Electrolyte disorders
      • Haematologic disorders
      • Lactic acidosis
      • Nephrotoxicity
      • Ototoxicity
      • QT prolongation

     

     

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