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Abdominal tuberculosis and managemnt.pptx
Abdominal tuberculosis treatment recommends a standard four-drug regimen of isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. This regimen is administered thrice weekly for two months, then continues with isoniazid and rifampicin for an additional four months. The treatment is highly effective, often leading to healing of intestinal ulcers within the initial two months.
Abdominal tuberculosis and managemnt.pptx
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- 24. TREATMENT • A standardfour-drug regimen, consisting of isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol, is recommended for ATT in intra-abdominal/gastrointestinal tuberculosis. • These four drugs are used thrice weekly for the initial two months, followed by isoniazid and rifampin for an additional four months. • ATT is usually reported to be highly effective with good cure rates. Healing of intestinal ulcers can be seen as early as the end of the ATT initiation phase (2 months).