Abstract

PEREZ GUZMAN, Carlos. Treatment of multidrug-resistant pulmonary TB: standardized or individual therapy?. Rev. Inst. Nal. Enf. Resp. Mex. [online]. 2006, vol.19, n.1, pp.65-67. ISSN 0187-7585.

The implementation of an empirical treatment in patients with muitidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) without sputum culture and drug-susceptibility tests leads to a high number of failures. Several studies have shown that standardized second line retreatment does not provide a high cure rate and is an empirical regime. Therefore, this does not appear to be the best therapeutic choice; MDRTB patients should be treated with an individualized treatment by physicians expert in this very special form of tuberculosis.

Keywords : Resistance; treatment; tuberculosis.