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Alaska Tuberculosis Program Manual - Epidemiology - State of Alaska

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Figure 1:TREATMENT ALGORITHM FOR DRUG-SUSCEPTIBLE TUBERCULOSIS IN ADULTS<br />

High suspicion<br />

<strong>of</strong> active TB<br />

I/R/P/E<br />

Cavitation on<br />

initial CXR<br />

(AFB smear + or -)<br />

Chest<br />

x-ray<br />

No cavitation on<br />

initial CXR<br />

(AFB smear + or -)<br />

For selected patients:<br />

AFB smear negative<br />

HIV negative<br />

I/RPT<br />

2-mo culture<br />

negative<br />

Culture<br />

2-mo culture<br />

positive<br />

2-mo culture<br />

negative<br />

Culture<br />

2-mo culture<br />

positive<br />

0 mo. 1 mo. 2 mo. 3 mo. 4 mo. 5 mo. 6 mo. 7 mo. 8 mo. 9 mo.<br />

Culture sputa after 8 wks <strong>of</strong> treatment.<br />

A L A S K A T U B E R C U L O S I S P R O G R A M M A N U A L Treatment <strong>of</strong> Tuber culosis Disease 6.12<br />

Revised November 2012<br />

I/R<br />

I/R<br />

I/R<br />

I/RPT<br />

I/RPT<br />

1, 2<br />

Legend<br />

I=Isoniazid<br />

R=Rifampin<br />

P=Pyrazinamide<br />

E=Ethambutol<br />

RPT=Rifapentine<br />

1 Do not use weekly rifapentine for patients who have HIV infection or extra-pulmonary TB<br />

2 Extend treatment to 9 mo. if sputum is culture-positive at 8 weeks<br />

(Adapted from Blumberg, HM, Leonard MK, Jasner RM. Update on the treatment <strong>of</strong> tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection. JAMA 2005;293:2776-84.)

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