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1898. Optimizing selection of latent TB management strategies among immigrants from high TB burden settings to the United States

BACKGROUND: Treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) with rifampin and isoniazid is very effective but carries significant hepatotoxicity risks, increasing with age. Further, since the risk of progression to tuberculosis (TB) disease declines with increasing time from exposure, the risk is...

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Autores principales: Sinha, Pranay, Jacobson, Karen R, Horsburgh, C Robert, Linas, Benjamin P, Acuña-Villaorduña, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10677797/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1726