Follow up DFASM1 7 – New Regimen Makes Treating Latent Tuberculosis Infection Easier

Watch the video & take notes on a sheet of paper

 

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When you have finished, try to answer to the questions below and then:

  • Prove what you understood by reading the transcription which is under the screen
  • Prepare a synthesis and are ready to exchange your point of view with a binomial
  • Search the meaning of words that you do not know in a dictionary (online for example), raise these words in a book to be able to review them easily
  • Practice the pronunciation of all medical terms with an online sound dictionary

RADM Kenneth G. Castro, MD. New Regimen Makes Treating Latent Tuberculosis Infection Easier – Medscape – May 22, 2012.

 

Questions

  1. Occasion for this presentation:
  2. The US strategy for TB elimination:
  3. What is this new regimen called? Why?
  4. What is it considered to be?
  5. What therapy is recommended for this regimen?
  6. Is this therapy reliable? What is the evidence?
  7. Does it replace other recommended treatment options?
  8. In which cases is it recommended?
  9. When is it contra-indicated?

 

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