Tuberculosis
Treatment
- It is very important to take treatment medication as prescribed and to finish the medications
- LTBI treatment options:
- Isoniazid (INH), rifapentine (RPT), and/or rifampin (RIF)
- Treatment may combine therapies to shorten treatment lengths
- Treatment ranges from 3 months to 9 months
- Active TB treatment options:
- isoniazid (INH), rifampin (RIF), ethambutol (EMB), pyrazinamide (PZA)
- Treatment is a combination therapy
- Treatment consists of 2 phases: intensive and continuation phase