neobookRx
GuidelinesOther guideline

Abbreviations

aDSM Active Drug Safety Monitoring and Management ART Antiretroviral Treatment BDQ Bedaquiline BPaL Bedaquiline, Pretomanid and Linezolid BPaLM Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid and Moxifloxacin BPaL-L Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid and Levofloxacin CNS Central Nervous System CFZ Clofazimine DLM Delamanid DR-TB Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis DST Drug Susceptibility Test EMB Ethambutol ECG Elect

aDSM Active Drug Safety Monitoring and Management
ART Antiretroviral Treatment
BDQ Bedaquiline
BPaL Bedaquiline, Pretomanid and Linezolid
BPaLM Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid and Moxifloxacin
BPaL-L Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid and Levofloxacin
CNS Central Nervous System
CFZ Clofazimine
DLM Delamanid
DR-TB Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
DST Drug Susceptibility Test
EMB Ethambutol
ECG Electrocardiogram
EDST Extended Drug Susceptibility Test
EPTB Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
EFV Efavirenz
ETO Ethionamide
FBC Full Blood Count
FLQ Fluoroquinolone
GXP GeneXpert
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HR-TB Isoniazid resistant tuberculosis
INH / hdINH Isoniazid/ high-dose Isoniazid
INJ Injectable agent
IRIS Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
KM Kanamycin
LFX Levofloxacin
LZD Linezolid
MIC Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
MO Medical Officer
MFX Moxifloxacin
MDR Multidrug-Resistant
NCAC National Clinical Advisory Committee
NDoH National Department of Health
NIMDR Nurse-Initiated Management of MDR TB
Pa Pretomanid
PCAC Provincial Clinical Advisory Committee
PHC Primary Healthcare Clinic/Centre
PV Pharmacovigilance
PVU Pharmacovigilance Unit
QTc Corrected QT interval
PZA Pyrazinamide
RIF Rifampicin
RR Rifampicin Resistant
SAHPRA South African Health Products Regulatory Authority
SLDs Second-Line Tuberculosis Drugs
SMS Short Message System
STI Sexually Transmitted Infection
TB-NAAT TB-Nucleic Acid Amplification Test
TRD Terizidone
XDR Extensively Drug-Resistant
WHO World Health Organization

Click here to access the pdf.


National Department of Health Clinical Management of Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis, September 2023

Abbreviations

Drugs mentioned

NeoHealth® ID 18987 · updated 3/28/2025