title: Applicability of the World Health Organization recommended new shorter regimen in a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis high burden country.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pulmonology, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Arshad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Javaid
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Pulau Pinang, Penang, Malaysia nafeesuob@gmail.com.|Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of Baluchistan, Quetta, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Nafees
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Pulau Pinang, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Amer Hayat
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pulmonology, Nishtar Hospital, Multan, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Zubair
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shaheen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000592:standards; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055552:Infectious Disease Medicine / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011718:Pyrazinamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014944:World Health Organization; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D011718:Pyrazinamide; D004977:Ethambutol; D015242:Ofloxacin; D013307:Streptomycin