Chapter 20. Therapeutic Aspects of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

  1. Stephen Jackson Professor of Geriatric Medicine2,
  2. Paul Jansen3,
  3. Arduino Mangoni4
  1. Paul Van den Brande

Published Online: 2 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9780470017975.ch20

Book Title

Prescribing for Elderly Patients

Prescribing for Elderly Patients

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How to Cite

Van den Brande, P. (2009) Therapeutic Aspects of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, in Prescribing for Elderly Patients (eds S. Jackson, P. Jansen and A. Mangoni), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470017975.ch20

Editor Information

  1. 2

    Department of Clinical Gerontology, King's College Hospital, London, UK

  2. 3

    Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  3. 4

    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Author Information

  1. Division of Pulmonology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 2 APR 2009
  2. Published Print: 27 MAY 2009

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470024287

Online ISBN: 9780470017975

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Keywords:

  • pulmonary tuberculosis - therapeutic aspects;
  • principles of anti-tuberculous chemotherapy;
  • WHO recommendations for tuberculosis treatment;
  • initiation of anti-tuberculosis treatment;
  • ‘latent tuberculosis infection’ (LTBI);
  • tuberculosis in elderly;
  • multi-drug resistant TB (MDRTB) and complex interaction of TB and HIV-epidemic;
  • anti-tuberculous regimens;
  • ‘directly observed therapy’ (DOT)

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Pathogenesis

  • Presentation of tuberculosis in the elderly

  • Diagnosis of tuberculosis

  • Treatment of tuberculosis

  • Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection

  • Key points

  • References

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