(HealthDay News) — Isoniazid monotherapy, rifampicin monotherapy, and combination therapies can be efficacious for preventing active tuberculosis (TB) among adults and children with latent TB ...
Treatment of latent tuberculosis is set to transform after a pair of studies revealed that a shorter treatment was safer and more effective in children and adults compared to the current standard.
Treatment of latent tuberculosis has never been a simple affair. Nine months of a drug known as isoniazid, taken daily, is the standard of care and can help clear the infection. But it also causes ...
Effective treatment of latent tuberculosis infection is key to TB control efforts and approaching the goal of TB elimination, the authors reported. This article is written live from ID Week 2017 ...
In what is being hailed as the biggest breakthrough since the 1960s in treatment for latent tuberculosis — noninfectious TB without symptoms — researchers said Monday that weekly doses of a cocktail ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients receiving 3HP reported mostly mild symptoms that occurred early and resolved without stopping treatment ...
This release is available in French. Montreal, December 31st, 2008 – Patients who are infected with the latent form of tuberculosis (TB) show no symptoms and are not contagious, yet they pose the ...
Testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection are cost-effective among U.S. residents born outside the country except for those with end-stage renal disease, according to findings published ...
Background: Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the most effective strategy to control tuberculosis (TB) among patients with HIV infection. The tuberculin skin test (TST ...
San Antonio, Texas (December 17, 2019) - A major goal of tuberculosis (TB) research is to find a way to treat people with the latent (or inactive) form of the disease to keep them from developing ...
The government is releasing thousands of illegal immigrant children with latent tuberculosis infections into American communities without assurances of treatment. Nearly 2,500 children with latent ...
A major goal of tuberculosis (TB) research is to find a way to treat people with the latent (or inactive) form of the disease to keep them from developing symptomatic TB. A breakthrough study using a ...