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The principles of drug therapy for the treatment of tuberculosis include:
 
  1. Patients are treated with a drug to which M. tuberculosis is sensitive.
  2. Drugs need to be taken on a regular basis for a sufficient amount of time.
  3. Treatment continues until the patient's purified protein derivative is negative.
  4. All of the above

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Kaleb has extensively resistant tuberculosis (TB). Treatment for extensively resistant TB would include:
 
  1. INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for at least 12 months
  2. INH, ethambutol, kanamycin, and rifampin
  3. Treatment with at least two drugs to which the TB is susceptible
  4. Levofloxacin



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Answer to Question 1

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Capo

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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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