Effect of isoniazid prophylaxis on incidence of active tuberculosis among Thai HIV-infected individuals.
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| ID: sea-44641
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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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Thailand
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Tuberculosis
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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HIV Infections
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Incidence
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Prospective Studies
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Treatment Outcome
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AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1996
Type:
Article
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