Randomized controlled trial of zinc and vitamin A as co-adjuvants for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis;Essai randomisé contrôlé de l'utilisation du zinc et de vitamine A comme co-adjuvants dans le traitement de la tuberculose pulmonaire

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1481-1490

  Lawson, Lovett ^a   Thacher, Tom D ^b   Yassin, Mohammed A ^c   Onuoha, Ndubusi A ^a   Usman, Auwal ^d   Emenyonu, Nnamdi E ^a   Shenkin, Alan ^e   Davies, Peter D O ^e   Cuevas, Luis E ^c  

^a ZANKLI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Clinical trial; Infection; Micronutrient; Nigeria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PLACEBO; PYRAZINAMIDE; RETINOL; RIFAMPICIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ABNORMALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TREATMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN; ZINC;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COUGH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VITAMIN A; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

NIGERIA;

EID: 78649687538     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02638.x     Document Type: Article

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