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There are no data on the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of using second-line drugs to treat patients with chronic tuberculosis, many of whom are infected with multidrug resistant (MDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, in low or middle-income countries. A national programme to treat chronic tuberculosis patients with a directly observed standardised 18-month daily regimen, consisting of...