US Guidelines Fall Short on Short-Course Tuberculosis-Preventive Therapy
Sonya Krishnan, Richard E. Chaisson
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2023-10
Abstract
The provision of tuberculosis-preventive therapy (TPT) to vulnerable populations is critical for global control. Shorter-course TPT regimens are highly effective and improve completion rates. Despite incorporation of 1 month of rifapentine and isoniazid into global guidelines, current US TPT guidelines do not include this as a recommended regimen, but should.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Rifapentine
- Regimen
- Isoniazid
- Tuberculosis
- Short course
- Directly Observed Therapy
- Intensive care medicine
- Tuberculosis control
- Chemoprophylaxis
- Latent tuberculosis