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Vitamin D supplementation as a control program against latent tuberculosis infection in Korean high school students
The prevalence of latnet Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in the first-grade high school students in South Korea was 2.1%, which was the lowest level at congregated settings in 2017. For LTBI cases refusing anti-tuberculosis (TB) medication or having poor compliance, additional support sh...
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Korean Society of Epidemiology
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6232659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30056639 http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018035 |
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author | Kim, Eun Hee Bae, Jong-Myon |
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description | The prevalence of latnet Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in the first-grade high school students in South Korea was 2.1%, which was the lowest level at congregated settings in 2017. For LTBI cases refusing anti-tuberculosis (TB) medication or having poor compliance, additional support should be considered. Eight systematic reviews concluded that vitamin D (VD) deficiency is a risk factor for TB. While three of four South Korean adolescents were VD deficiency, VD supplementation could be a practical remedy to protect LTBI students of refusing anti-TB medication or having poor compliance. |
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spelling | pubmed-62326592018-11-16 Vitamin D supplementation as a control program against latent tuberculosis infection in Korean high school students Kim, Eun Hee Bae, Jong-Myon Epidemiol Health Perspective The prevalence of latnet Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in the first-grade high school students in South Korea was 2.1%, which was the lowest level at congregated settings in 2017. For LTBI cases refusing anti-tuberculosis (TB) medication or having poor compliance, additional support should be considered. Eight systematic reviews concluded that vitamin D (VD) deficiency is a risk factor for TB. While three of four South Korean adolescents were VD deficiency, VD supplementation could be a practical remedy to protect LTBI students of refusing anti-TB medication or having poor compliance. Korean Society of Epidemiology 2018-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6232659/ /pubmed/30056639 http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018035 Text en ©2018, Korean Society of Epidemiology This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Perspective Kim, Eun Hee Bae, Jong-Myon Vitamin D supplementation as a control program against latent tuberculosis infection in Korean high school students |
title | Vitamin D supplementation as a control program against latent tuberculosis infection in Korean high school students |
title_full | Vitamin D supplementation as a control program against latent tuberculosis infection in Korean high school students |
title_fullStr | Vitamin D supplementation as a control program against latent tuberculosis infection in Korean high school students |
title_full_unstemmed | Vitamin D supplementation as a control program against latent tuberculosis infection in Korean high school students |
title_short | Vitamin D supplementation as a control program against latent tuberculosis infection in Korean high school students |
title_sort | vitamin d supplementation as a control program against latent tuberculosis infection in korean high school students |
topic | Perspective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6232659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30056639 http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018035 |
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