A month of tuberculosis prophylaxis works as well as nine months for HIV patients
Date: 03/06/2018
Publication:
Managed Care
. . . Treatment adherence was significantly better for the shorter regimen. Nearly all (97%) of those assigned to the short-course therapy completed the full antibiotic course, compared with 90% of participants in the nine-month arm.
“Compared with standard tuberculosis preventive therapy for people living with HIV, this short-course therapy is similarly safe and effective but reduces treatment time from nine months to one,” said Dr. Chaisson. “This ultra-short course therapy could become an important tool to control HIV-related tuberculosis and has the potential to transform global tuberculosis control efforts.” . . .