List of abbreviations

AIDS

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

ART

Antiretroviral treatment

CDC

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

DST

Drug susceptibility testing

FDC

Fixed-dose combination

GDG

Guideline Development Group

GRADE

Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation

GTB

Global TB Programme

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

MDR-TB

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

NGO

non-government organization

PICO

Population, Intervention, Comparator and Outcomes

TB

Tuberculosis

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

WHO

World Health Organization

XDR-TB

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

TB medicines

E

ethambutol

H

isoniazid

M or Mfx

moxifloxacin

Z

pyrazinamide

R

rifampicin

P or Rpt

rifapentine

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