Initial phaseContinuation phaseRating (evidence)
RegimenDrugsInterval and doses* (minimal duration)RegimenDrugsInterval and doses* (minimal duration)Range of total doses (minimal duration)HIV−HIV+
1Isoniazid
Rifampin
Seven days per week for 56 doses (eight weeks) or five days per week for 40 doses (eight weeks)1aIsoniazid/rifampinSeven days per week for 126 doses (18 weeks) or five days per week for 90 doses (18 weeks)182 to 130 (26 weeks)A (I)A (II)
Pyrazinamide1bIsoniazid/rifampinTwice weekly for 36 doses (18 weeks)92 to 76 (26 weeks)A (I)A(II)§
Ethambutol1cIsoniazid/rifapentineOnce weekly for 18 doses (18 weeks)74 to 58 (26 weeks)B (I)E (I)
2Isoniazid
Seven days per week for 14 doses (two weeks), then twice weekly for 12 doses (six weeks) or five days per week for 10 doses (two weeks),‡ then twice weekly for12 doses (six weeks)2aIsoniazid/rifampinTwice weekly for 36 doses (18 weeks)62 to 58 (26 weeks)A (II)B (II)§
Rifampin
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol
2bIsoniazid/rifapentineOnce weekly for 18 doses (18 weeks)44 to 40 (26 weeks)B (I)E (I)
3IsoniazidThree times weekly for 24 doses (eight weeks)3aIsoniazid/rifampinThree times weekly for 54 doses (18 weeks)78 (26 weeks)B (I)B (II)
Rifampin
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol
4Isoniazid
Rifampin
Seven days per week for 56 doses (eight weeks) or five days per week for 40 doses (eight weeks)4aIsoniazid/rifampinSeven days per week for 217 doses (31 weeks) or five days per week for 155 doses (31 weeks)273 to 195 (39 weeks)C (I)C (II)
Ethambutol4bIsoniazid/rifampinTwice weekly for 62 doses (31 weeks)118 to 102 (39 weeks)C (I)C (II)