A case report of a child with probable drug resistant tuberculous pericarditis with a review of challenges involved in diagnosis, treatment and follow up of children with DR-TB pericarditis

Table 1 TB medications, dose prescribed, dosage per weight and recommended dose range

DRUG	DOSE PRESCRIBED (mg)	DOSE (in mg/kg/day)	DOSE RANGE RECOMMENDED^a (in mg/kg/day)
Pyrazinamide	600	46	30–40
Capreomycin	250	19	15–30
Moxifloxacin	100	7.7	7.5–10
Cycloserine	250	19	10–20
Para amino-salicylic acid (PAS)	4000	307	300
Prothionamide	250	19	15–20
Linezolid	250	19	20

^aCompanion Handbook to the WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug resistant tuberculosis [13]

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