Reducing Tuberculosis Incidence by Tuberculin Skin Testing, Preventive Treatment, and Antiretroviral Therapy in an Area of Low Tuberculosis Transmission | Zendy

Luigia Elzi | Zendy; Matthias Schlegel | Zendy; Rainer Weber | Zendy; Bernard Hirschel | Zendy; Matthias Cavassini | Zendy; Patrick Schmid | Zendy; Enos Bernasconi | Zendy; Martin Rickenbach | Zendy; Hansjakob Furrer | Zendy

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Reducing Tuberculosis Incidence by Tuberculin Skin Testing, Preventive Treatment, and Antiretroviral Therapy in an Area of Low Tuberculosis Transmission

Author(s) -

Luigia Elzi,

Matthias Schlegel,

Rainer Weber,

Bernard Hirschel,

Matthias Cavassini,

Patrick Schmid,

Enos Bernasconi,

Martin Rickenbach,

Hansjakob Furrer

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/510080

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , tuberculin , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , hazard ratio , transmission (telecommunications) , confidence interval , history of tuberculosis , cohort , cohort study , pediatrics , pathology , electrical engineering , optics , engineering , physics

Tuberculin skin testing (TST) and preventive treatment of tuberculosis (TB) are recommended for all persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We aimed to assess the effect of TST and preventive treatment of TB on the incidence of TB in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy in an area with low rates of TB transmission.

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