Research Article
Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Cross-Sectional Study of Practices among Paediatricians in Private Sector, Mumbai
Table 7
Regimens prescribed in case of nonresponse to treatment by paediatricians in Mumbai.
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±The paediatricians mentioned introducing new drug/s in this case but it was not clarified whether it was addition to or substitution of previous regimen (previous regimen in brackets), #regimen as per ISTC standard, lack of information regarding number and names of drugs making it difficult to categorise into recommended or not recommended categories. Amk: amikacin, Cf: ciprofloxacin, Clr: clarithromycin, Cs: cycloserine, E: ethambutol, Eto: ethionamide, H: isoniazid (INH), Km: kanamycin, Lzd: linezolid, Lf: levofloxacin, Mfx: moxifloxacin, Of: ofloxacin, Z: pyrazinamide, PAS: para-aminosalicylic acid, R: rifampicin, and S: streptomycin. |