4th edition. This is fourth edition of Treatment of tuberculosis: guidelines, adhering fully to the new WHO process for evidence-based guidelines. Several important recommendations are being promoted in this new edition
Towards ending tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Update 2021; Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
Technical and operational ‘how-to’: practical considerations
A practical tool to help health workers in the clinical and operational management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis with special focus on the introduction, implementation and management of the nine-month treatment regimen.
Third Edition: Revised October 2012
Systematic screening for active tuberculosis: an operational guide.
Guidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis and patient care
2017 update
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 165-170
The portable diagnostic imaging technology covered by this document will serve not only the pressing demands for tuberculosis screening and triage but also other diseases. Therefore, the requirements, accessories, hardware and software packages listed in the following specifications are described in... detail in order to serve also other pathologies and conditions, like trauma and pneumonia.
Through the definition of "minimum technical requirements", this document is recommended to support decision-making regarding the selection, incorporation, allocation and use of portable X-ray systems and is intended for health care providers, managers of imaging departments, procurement and regulatory agencies, policymakers and planning officers in ministries of health, as well as biomedical engineering professionals, medical physicists, the private health sector, medical device industry and intergovernmental and international agencies.
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La técnica diagnóstica ampliamente usada a nivel mundial corresponde a la Prueba de Tuberculina o test de Mantoux, la que a través de la inyección de antígenos de Micobacterium tuberculosis permite medir la reacción del individuo y estimar su probabilidad de infección. El presente manual tie...ne como objetivo describir la técnica para la realización del examen, además de ofrecer lineamientos para su uso programático en Chile.
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