Tratamiento de la tuberculosis: guia practica elaborada por la Seccion Tuberculosis, Asociacion Argentina de Medicina Respiratoria / Tuberculosis treatment: a practical guide elaborated by the Tuberculosis Section, Argentine Association of Respiratory Medicine
Tuberculosis is a worldwide prevalent disease. The emergence of multidrug-resistant strains spurred the search for new drugs. There are several tuberculosistreatment guidelines, international and local in a programmatic approach. An Argentinean specialists panel draw practical guidelines based in clinical criteria and the local and international bibliography through consensus meetings, including issues as antituberculosis drugs available in Argentina, initial and re-treatement modalities, special situations treatment, adverse reactions to antituberculosis drugs, current indications of surgical treatment and new drugs under study for the treatment of the disease.