ACH |
Air change per hour |
AFB |
Acid-fast bacilli |
AIDS |
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
Amk |
Amikacin |
Amx/Clv |
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid |
ARI |
Annual risk of infection |
ART |
Antiretroviral therapy |
ARV |
Antiretroviral |
BCG |
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin |
Bdq |
Bedaquiline |
CDC |
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Cfz |
Clofazimine |
Cm |
Capreomycin |
CMX |
Cotrimoxazole |
CPC |
Cetylpyridinum chloride |
CPT |
Cotrimoxazole preventive therapy |
Cs |
Cycloserine |
CXR |
Chest X-ray |
DOT |
Directly observed therapy |
DR |
Drug resistance |
DR-TB |
Drug-resistant tuberculosis |
DST |
Drug susceptibility test(ing) |
E |
Ethambutol |
ECG |
Electrocardiogram |
EPTB |
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis |
Eto |
Ethionamide |
FDC |
Fixed-dose combination |
FNAC |
Fine needle aspiration cytology |
FQ |
Fluoroquinolone |
GFR |
Glomerular filtration rate |
H |
Isoniazid |
HCW |
Health care worker |
HIV |
Human immunodeficiency virus |
HPF |
High-power field |
IC |
Infection control |
IM |
Intramuscular |
Imp/Cln |
Imipenem/cilastatin |
IPT |
Isoniazid preventive therapy |
IRIS |
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome |
IUATLD |
International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease |
Km |
Kanamycin |
LFT |
Liver function test |
Lfx |
Levofloxacin |
LPA |
Line probe assay |
Lzd |
Linezolid |
MDR |
Multidrug resistance |
MDR-TB |
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis |
Mfx |
Moxifloxacin |
MGIT |
Mycobacteria growth indicator tube |
MODS |
Microscopic observation of drug susceptibility |
Mpm |
Meropenem |
NNRTI |
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor |
NRTI |
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor |
NTM |
Non tuberculous mycobacteria |
Ofx |
Ofloxacin |
PAS |
Para-aminosalicylic acid |
PCP |
Pneumocystosis |
PCR |
Polymerase chain reaction |
PI |
Protease inhibitor |
PO |
Orally (per os) |
Pto |
Prothionamide |
R |
Rifampicin |
Rfb |
Rifabutin |
RR |
Rifampicin resistance |
S |
Streptomycin |
TAT |
Turn around time |
TB |
Tuberculosis |
Thz |
Thioacetazone |
TLA |
Thin-layer agar |
TSH |
Thyroid-stimulating hormone |
TST |
Tuberculin skin test |
UVGI |
Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
XDR |
Extensive drug resistance |
XDR-TB |
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis |
Z |
Pyrazinamide |