Tuberculosis preventive therapy – Clinical practice issues
Aloke Gopal Ghoshal, Supriya Sarkar, Arup Kumar Halder, Aparup Dhua, Chandra Sekhar Das, Parthajit Das, Abhra Chandra Chowdhury, Sanjay KumarDaulat Thakur, et al. (9 authors)
The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians · 2023-07
Abstract
Latent tuberculosis (LTB) is now termed as tuberculosis infection (TBI) . Prevention of active TB disease by treatment of tuberculosis infection is a critical component of the National Strategic Plan 2017-25 for TB Elimination in India by 2025. Programmatic Management of Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy (PMTPT) is a public health document while treatment of tuberculosis infection is essentially a clinical approach. Here we have attempted to address the gray areas answering from clinical viewpoint.
MeSH terms
- Tuberculosis
- Medicine
- Intensive care medicine
- Family medicine