Treatment regimens in Malawi for new cases of tuberculosis
| Indicators | Regimens | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Past 1984–96 | Current 1997– | Proposed | |
| Smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis | |||
| Pericardial tuberculosis | |||
| Miliary tuberculosis | |||
| Spinal tuberculosis | 2SRHZ/6TH | 2SRHZ/6EH | 2R3H3Z3E3/6EH |
| Tuberculosis meningitis | 2SRHZ/7RH2 | SRHZ/7RH | 2SRHZ/7RH |
| Smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis | 1SSTH/11TH | 1SEH/11EH | 2R3H3Z3/6EH |
| Other extrapulmonary tuberculosis not mentioned above | |||
Regimens are divided into intensive phase and continuation phase. The number before the first letter of each phase of the regimen is the duration in months of that phase. The numbers in subscript after the name of the drug indicate the number of times the drug should be taken in a week.
S, streptomycin; R, rifampicin; H, isoniazid; Z, pyrazinamide; T, thiacetazone; E, ethambutol.