Sleeping Sickness (HAT): Stage and Which Drug (WHO 2024)
Stages sleeping sickness and gives the first-choice drug (WHO 2024).
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Example
- Form
- T. b. gambiense (West and Central Africa)
- Age in years
- 30
- Weight in kg
- 60
- Any sign suggesting severe disease
- No
- Reliable follow-up to detect relapse
- Yes
- Lumbar puncture
- Not done
- Pregnancy
- No
Result: Gambiense HAT, no sign of severe disease and reliable follow-up: fexinidazole without a lumbar puncture.
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What you enter
- Form
- Age in years
- Weight in kg
- Any sign suggesting severe disease (confusion, abnormal behavior, excessive talking, anxiety, poor coordination, tremor, weakness, speech or gait problems, abnormal movements, seizures)
- Reliable follow-up to detect relapse
- Lumbar puncture
- CSF white cells per microL
- Trypanosomes in the CSF
The other 2 fields
- Pregnancy
- Able to swallow and keep tablets down (rhodesiense)
How this is calculated
Citation
WHO. Guidelines for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis. Geneva: WHO; 2024. Summaries (pp. vii-ix), sections 2.1.2-2.2.2, Table 2 and the NECT section. Read the source ↗
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