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Quantifying Isoniazid Levels in Small Hair Samples: A Novel Method for Assessing Adherence during the Treatment of Latent and Active Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from an infectious pathogen worldwide and the most prevalent opportunistic infection in people living with HIV. Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) reduces the incidence of active TB and reduces morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected patien...

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Autores principales: Gerona, Roy, Wen, Anita, Chin, Aaron T., Koss, Catherine A., Bacchetti, Peter, Metcalfe, John, Gandhi, Monica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27191185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155887