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Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2019, WHO consolidated guidelines on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment
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GuidelineGuidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis - 2011 update
Year of Publication2011
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Retired
The use of sputum smear microscopy and culture rather than sputum smear microscopy alone is recommended for the monitoring of patients with multi-drug resistent TB (MDR-TB) during treatment
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low