Foreword to the 2008 emergency updated edition -- Background information on DR-TB -- Framework for effectie

control of DR-TB -- Political commitment and coordination -- Definitions: case registration, bacteriology and

treatment outcomes -- Case-finding strategies -- Laboratory aspects -- Treatment strategies for MDR-TB and

XDR-TB -- Mono-resistant and poly-resistante strains -- Treatment of DR-TB in especial conditions and

situations -- DR-TB and HIV infection -- Initial evaluation, monitoring of treatment and management of adverse

effects -- Treatment delivery and community-based DR-TB support -- Management of patients after MDR-TB

treatment failure -- Management of contatcs of MDR-TB patients -- Drug resistance and infection control --

Human resources : training and staffing -- Management of second-line antrituberculosis drugs -- Category IV

recording and reporting system -- Managing DR-TB through patient-centred care -- Annexes -- Drug informations

sheets -- Weight based dosing of drugs for adults -- Suggestions for further reading -- Legislation, human

rights and parients' rights in ruberculosis prevention and control -- Use of experimental drugs outside of

clinical trials (compassionate use) -- Methodology -- Forms -- Index --