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. 2015 Jun 1;20(10):1337–1345. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12544

Table 1.

Cost per day of drug regimens according to South African national guidelines by drug resistance category (in 2013 USD)

Drug resistance profile Treatment regimen Cost per day
Intensive phase Continuation phase
RIF‐mono Int: Kan/Mox/Tzd/Ethio/INH
Cont: Mox/Tzd/Ethio/INH
3.64 3.20
MDR‐TB Int: Kan/Mox/Tzd/Ethio
Cont: Mox/Tzd/Ethio
3.64 3.20
Pre‐XDR (FLQ) Int: Kan/Mox/Tzd/Ethio/PAS/Clof
Cont: Mox/Tzd/Ethio/PAS/Clof
9.33 8.88
Pre‐XDR (INJ) Int: Cap/Mox/Tzd/Ethio/PAS/Clof
Cont: Mox/Tzd/Ethio/PAS/Clof
18.93 8.88
XDR‐TB Int: Cap/Mox/Tzd/Ethio/PAS/Clof
Cont: Mox/Tzd/Ethio/PAS/Clof
18.93 8.88

Int, intensive phase; Cont, continuation phase; RIF‐mono, rifampicin mono‐resistance; MDR‐TB, multidrug‐resistant TB; Pre‐XDR (FLQ), MDR‐TB plus fluoroquinolone resistance; Pre‐XDR (INJ), MDR‐TB plus second‐line injectable resistance; XDR‐TB, extensively drug‐resistant TB; Kan, kanamycin; Mox, moxifloxacin; Tzd, Terizidine; Ethio, ethionamide; INH, isoniazid; PAS, para‐amino salicylic acid; Clof, clofazimine.