There are several ways that drug<unk> e to TB, and drug<unk> e in general, can be prevented: #Rapid diagnosis & treatment of TB: One of the greatest risk factors for drug<unk>  TB is problems in treatment and diagnosis, especially in developing countries. If TB is identified and treated soon, drug<unk> e can be avoided. #Completion of treatment: Previous treatment of TB is an indicator of<unk> . If the patient does not complete his/her antibiotic treatment, or if the physician does not prescribe the proper antibiotic regimen,<unk> e can develop. Also, drugs that are of poor quality or less in quantity, especially in developing countries, contribute to<unk> . #Patients with HIV/AIDS should be identified and diagnosed as soon as possible. They lack the immunity to fight the TB infection and are at great risk of developing drug<unk> e. #Identify contacts who could have contracted TB: i.e. family members, people in close contact, etc. #Research: Much research and funding is needed in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of TB and<unk> . "Opponents of a universal tuberculosis treatment, reasoning from misguided notions of cost-effectiveness, fail to acknowledge that<unk>  is not a disease of poor people in distant places. The disease is infectious and airborne. Treating only one group of patients looks inexpensive in the short run, but will prove disastrous for all in the long run."— Paul Farmer DOTS-Plus Community-based treatment programs such as DOTS-Plus, a<unk> -specialized treatment using the popular Directly Observed Therapy – Short Course (DOTS) initiative, have shown considerable success in the world. In these locales, these programs have proven to be a good option for proper treatment of<unk>  in poor, rural areas. A successful example has been in Lima, Peru, where the program has seen cure rates of over 80%. However, TB clinicians have expressed concern in the DOTS program administered in the Republic of Georgia because it is anchored in a passive case finding. This means that the system depends on patients coming to health care providers, without conducting compulsory screenings. As medical anthropologists like Erin Koch have shown, this form of implementation does not suit all cultural structures. They urge that the DOTS protocol be constantly reformed in the context of local practices, forms of knowledge and everyday life. Erin Koch has used Paul Farmer's concept of "structural" violence as a perspective for understanding how "institutions, environment, poverty, and power reproduce, solidify, and naturalize the uneven distribution of disease and access to resources". She has also studied the effectiveness of the DOTS protocol in the widespread disease of tuberculosis in the Georgian prison system. Unlike the DOTS passive case finding used for the general Georgian public, the multiple-level surveillance in the prison system has proven more successful in reducing the spread of tuberculosis while increasing rates of cure. Koch critically notes that because the DOTS protocol aims to change the individual's behavior without addressing the need to change the institutional, political, and economic contexts, certain limitations arise, such as<unk> berculosis.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Totally drug-resistant tuberculosis
Primary inoculation tuberculosis
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Miliary tuberculosis
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis