Isoniazid preventive therapy for all: Are we ready?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1281-1282

  Fenner, L ^a   Rieder, H L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Isoniazid preventive therapy; Screening, guidelines; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COUGHING; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NIGHT SWEAT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80053186808     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0011     Document Type: Short Survey

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