Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Tuberculosis: Practical Application for Physicians | Zendy

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Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Tuberculosis: Practical Application for Physicians

Author(s) -

JanWillem C. Alffenaar,

Simon Tiberi,

Roger K. Verbeeck,

Scott K. Heysell,

Martin P. Grobusch

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw677

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , therapeutic drug monitoring , intensive care medicine , drug , medline , medical physics , pharmacology , pathology , political science , law

TO THE EDITOR—We studied with great interest the novel treatment guidelines for drug-susceptible tuberculosis [1]. The authors mention situations where therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) may be useful: drug malabsorption, drug underdosing, and drug–drug interactions. Limited availability in low-resource settings, sample stability, and costs meant that TDM was not advocated for drugsusceptible tuberculosis [2] but endorsed

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