Bibliographic information
GuidelineGuidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis - 2011 update
Year of Publication2011
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
New
Rapid drug susceptibility testing (DST) of isoniazid and rifampicin or of rifampicin alone is recommended over conventional testing or no testing at the time of diagnosis of TB, subject to available resources
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low