Point-of-care urine tests for smoking status and isoniazid treatment monitoring in adult patients.

Poor adherence to isoniazid (INH) preventive therapy (IPT) is an impediment to effective control of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. TB patients who smoke are at higher risk of latent TB infection, active disease, and TB mortality, and may have lower adherence to their TB medications. The objecti...

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Main Authors: Ioana Nicolau, Lulu Tian, Dick Menzies, Gaston Ostiguy, Madhukar Pai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3461034?pdf=render