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Table 1 Definitions of appropriate initial anti-TB drug regimen for primary outcome measurement

From: Impact of a novel molecular TB diagnostic system in patients at high risk of TB mortality in rural South Africa (Uchwepheshe): study protocol for a cluster randomised trial

Case definition*

Appropriate initial anti-TB drug regimen

M. tuberculosis susceptible to rifampicin and isoniazid

Isoniazid + rifampicin + pyrazinamide + ethambutol

M. tuberculosis with mono-resistance to isoniazid

Isoniazid + rifampicin + pyrazinamide + ethambutol

M. tuberculosis with mono-resistance to rifampicin

Standardised second-line regimen§ with isoniazid

Multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis (MDR-TB)†

Standardised second-line regimen§

Extensively drug-resistant M. tuberculosis (XDR-TB)†

Standardised XDR-TB regimenǁ

  1. * Case definition based on results of MGIT culture + line probe assay + phenotypic DST.
  2. † MDR-TB defined as resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid.
  3. † XDR-TB defined as MDR plus resistance to ofloxacin and kanamycin.
  4. §Standardised regimen according to national guidelines (kanamycin/amikacin + fluoroquinolone + ethionamide + cycloserine/terizidone ± pyrazinamide ± ethambutol) [27].
  5. ǁStandardised regimen according to national guidelines (capreomycin + fluoroquinolone + ethionamide + cycloserine/terizidone + PAS + clofazimine) [27].