These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Principles of IUATLD collaborative tuberculosis progammes.
    Author: Enarson DA.
    Journal: Bull Int Union Tuberc Lung Dis; 1991 Dec; 66(4):195-200. PubMed ID: 1687515.
    Abstract:
    The success of IUATLD-assisted National Tuberculosis Programme developed by Dr. Karel Styblo is dependent on a number of important principles. The most important step is the organization of the basic components of the National Tuberculosis Programme. This first step requires 1) a political commitment on the part of the Government, 2) a secure supply of drugs and materials, including a reserve stock, 3) a network of microscopy centres with a system of quality control and 4) proper recording and reporting of cases. These conditions can result in significant improvement in case-finding and treatment results but rarely results in a cure rate of smear-positive cases in excess of 55 per cent. To obtain the levels of cure necessary to achieve an epidemiologic impact, it is necessary to employ short-course chemotherapy. Additional conditions must be met for this to be successful: 1) adequate supervision of drug-taking in the initial intensive phase, 2) proper training of staff prior to commencement of the treatment and 3) step-wise introduction throughout the country. Several factors may adversely affect the outcome of treatment programmes. These are drug resistance, a high rate of relapse and HIV infection. To date, the IUATLD-assisted programmes have shown sustained success.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]