Abbreviations and acronyms

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    Update: February 2024

     

    ACH

    air change per hour

    AFB

    acid-fast bacilli

    ALT alanine aminotransferase

    Am

    amikacin

    Amx/Clv

    amoxicillin/clavulanic acid

    ART

    antiretroviral therapy

    ARV

    antiretroviral

    AST aspartate aminotransferase

    BCG

    bacillus Calmette-Guérin

    Bdq

    bedaquiline

    BPNS brief peripheral neuropathy screen
    BSC biosafety cabinet

    CDC

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Cfz

    clofazimine

    CMX

    cotrimoxazole

    CNS central nervous system

    CPC

    cetylpyridinum chloride

    CPT

    cotrimoxazole preventive therapy

    CrCl

    creatinine clearance

    Cs

    cycloserine

    CSF cerebrospinal fuid

    CXR

    chest x-ray

    Dlm delamanid

    DOT

    directly observed therapy

    DR

    drug resistance

    DR-TB

    drug-resistant tuberculosis

    DS-TB drug-susceptible tuberculosis

    DST

    drug susceptibility test

    E

    ethambutol

    ECG

    electrocardiogram

    e.g. for example

    EPTB

    extrapulmonary tuberculosis

    Eto

    ethionamide

    FDC

    fixed-dose combination

    FNA

    fine needle aspiration 

    FQ(s)

    fluoroquinolone(s)

    gDST genotypic drug susceptibility test
    GUV germicidal ultraviolets

    H

    isoniazid (standard dose)

    HbA1c glycated haemoglobin
    HEPA high efficiency particulate air
    Hh isoniazid (high dose)

    HIV

    human immunodeficiency virus

    HPF

    high-power field

    Hr isoniazid resistance
    Hr-TB rifampicin susceptible, isoniazid resistant tuberculosis
    i.e. that is
    IGRA

    interferon gamma release assay

    IM

    intramuscular

    Imp/Cln

    imipenem/cilastatin

    INH  isoniazid
    INI integrase inhibitor
    IPC infection prevention and control

    IRIS

    immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

    IV intravenous
    LF-LAM lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay

    LFT

    liver function test

    Lfx

    levofloxacin

    LPA

    line probe assay

    LTBI latent tuberculosis infection
    LTR long treatment regimen

    Lzd

    linezolid

    MDR

    multidrug resistance

    MDR-TB

    multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

    Mfx

    moxifloxacin (standard dose)

    Mfxh

    moxifloxacin (high dose)

    Mpm

    meropenem

    MSF Médecins Sans Frontières
    MTB Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    NAAT nucleic acid amplification test
    NGS next generation sequencing

    NNRTI

    non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

    NRTI

    nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

    P rifapentine 
    Pa pretomanid

    PAS

    para-aminosalicylic acid

    PCP

    pneumocystosis

    PCR

    polymerase chain reaction

    pDST phenotypic drug susceptibility test

    PI

    protease inhibitor

    PIH Partners In Health

    PO

    orally (per os)

    PTB pulmonary tuberculosis

    Pto

    prothionamide

    R

    rifampicin

    Rfb

    rifabutin

    RIF (or Rif) rifampicin
    RMT rapid molecular test

    RR

    rifampicin resistance

    S

    streptomycin

    SAT self-administered treatment
    STR short treatment regimen

    TB

    tuberculosis

    tNGS targeted next generation sequencing
    Trd terizidone

    TSH

    thyroid-stimulating hormone

    TST

    tuberculin skin test

    ULN upper limit of normal
    VOT video-observed therapy
    VVS ventilated workstation
    WGS whole genome sequencing

    WHO

    World Health Organization

    XDR

    extensive drug resistance

    XDR-TB

    extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

    Z

    pyrazinamide