Subgroup analyses based on HIV infection status found a strong protective effect of INH against TB among HIV-negative children (RR = 0.55, 95% CI 0.40, 0.75 p = 0.001), but no evidence of an ...

Goal of Study: This phase III two-sided equivalence trial compares 4 and 6 months of TB treatment (2 months of daily treatment with INH, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide followed by either 2 or ...

They found that the three most used LTBI regimens were 4 months of daily rifampin (49%), 6 to 9 months of INH (32%) and 3 months of rifapentine and INH (13%). The remaining participants were ...

My 2 year olds creche teacher was diagnosed with tb and is no longer in contact with the children. All the kids in the class have been put on profilactics for 6 months (no tests were done). What ...

Consumption, phthisis, the white plague – a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ice age. Today, the disease – passed from those who are actively sick to ...

A new strategy for tuberculosis (TB) screening provides a solution to problems with current TB screening, which does not always accurately detect disease. Simultaneously screening for both active ...

Situation critical - that is where the global fight against Tuberculosis (TB) finds itself at the start of 2025. Millions of people around the world are at risk of contracting and dying of a ...

Conclusion . The results of our analysis suggest that INH prophylaxis reduces the risk of TB by 59% among children ≤ 15 years of age, excluding a subset of young children on whom INH was ...