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Effect of isoniazid prophylaxis on incidence of active tuberculosis among Thai HIV-infected individuals.

S Saenghirunvattana1.   

Abstract

A prospective comparative study was conducted to determine the effect of isoniazid prophylaxis on the incidence of active tuberculosis among Thai HIV-infected patients for 1 year. Among those 36 HIV-infected patients without prophylaxis, the incidence of active tuberculosis was 2.7 per cent while in 10 HIV-infected patients with isoniazid prophylaxis, there was no incidence of active tuberculosis during the first year.

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Keywords:  Antibiotics; Asia; Case Control Studies; Developing Countries; Diseases; Drugs; Infections; Research Methodology; Research Report; Southeastern Asia; Studies; Thailand; Treatment; Tuberculosis--prevention and control

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Year:  1996        PMID: 8708519

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Med Assoc Thai        ISSN: 0125-2208


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