{"title":"Managing patients with tuberculosis in primary care","authors":"A. Chavda, T. Capstick, O. Kon","doi":"10.1002/psb.2039","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Tuberculosis is treated mainly in secondary care, but patients commonly present to primary care for investigation of initial symptoms and treatment monitoring. This article discusses the most frequently used anti‐tuberculosis drugs, their monitoring requirements and how to manage drug interactions and adverse reactions.","PeriodicalId":88184,"journal":{"name":"The Prescriber","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Prescriber","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psb.2039","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Tuberculosis is treated mainly in secondary care, but patients commonly present to primary care for investigation of initial symptoms and treatment monitoring. This article discusses the most frequently used anti‐tuberculosis drugs, their monitoring requirements and how to manage drug interactions and adverse reactions.