Anti- TB drug abbreviations

Abbreviations and acronyms

ADR AFB

adverse drug reaction acid-fast bacilli

ART

antiretroviral therapy BCG Bacille Calmette-Guerin BHW Barangay Health Worker CC culture center CCM Country Coordinating Mechanism CHD Center for Health Development CHO City Health Office DOH Department of Health DOT directly observed therapy DOTS brand name for the internationally recommended strategy for TB control DJNRMH Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital DRS drug resistance surveillance DR-TB drug-resistant TB DSSM direct sputum smear microscopy DST drug susceptibility test EPTB extrapulmonary TB FDC fixed-dose combination FEFO first expiry, first out GFATM Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria GLC Green Light Committee HIV human immunodeficiency virus LCP Lung Center of the Philippines LGU local government unit MDR-TB multidrug-resistant tuberculosis MHO Municipal Health Office MM Metro Manila MMC Makati Medical Center NTP National Tuberculosis Program NTRL National TB Reference Laboratory PHO Provincial Health Office PMDT Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant TB PTB pulmonary TB PTSI Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc. QI Quezon Institute SLD second-line drugs TB tuberculosis TDF Tropical Disease Foundation TC treatment center TS treatment site TST tuberculin skin test WHO World Health Organization XDR-TB extensively drug-resistant TB