Efficacy of a six-month versus a 36-month regimen for prevention of tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons in India: a randomized clinical trial.

Efficacy of a six-month versus a 36-month regimen for prevention of tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons in India: a randomized clinical trial.

The optimal duration of preventive therapy for tuberculosis (TB) among HIV-infected persons in TB-endemic countries is unknown.An open-label randomized clinical trial was performed and analyzed for equivalence. Seven hundred and twelve HIV-infected, ART-naïve patients without active TB were randomiz...

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Main Authors: Soumya Swaminathan, Pradeep Aravindan Menon, Narendran Gopalan, Venkatesan Perumal, Ramesh Kumar Santhanakrishnan, Ranjani Ramachandran, Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan, Sheik Iliayas, Padmapriyadarsini Chandrasekaran, Pooranaganga Devi Navaneethapandian, Thiruvalluvan Elangovan, Mai Tuyet Pho, Fraser Wares, Narayanan Paranji Ramaiyengar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3522661?pdf=render

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