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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Health ›› 2014, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (3): 141-147.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-3755.2014.03.001

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Review and prospect of the comprehensive treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis

TANG Shen-jie.   

  1. Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing 101149, China
  • Received:2014-09-08 Online:2014-06-20 Published:2014-06-20

Abstract: The increasing incidence of drug-resistant tuberculosis especially multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a major concern for TB control programme. The treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis is more expensive, with high side effect, and less effective. Chemothe-rapy, combined with immunotherapy, collapse therapy, interventional therapy, surgical operation, Chinese traditional medicine and nutrition treatment can improve the therapeutic efficacy of drug-resistant tuberculosis.