The primary reason for the use of drug combination in the treatment of tuberculosis is to:
Correct Answer: Delay or prevent the emergence of resistance
Description: Many drugs are used together (multiple drug therapy; MDT) for treatment of tuberculosis. There are several reasons to use MDT in tuberculosis. The most impoant being to prevent the emergence of drug resistance. The other reasons are: -To make the person non-infectious quickly. -To decrease the treatment duration and thus improve patient compliance.
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