Open AccessEffectiveness of isoniazid preventive therapy on incidence of tuberculosis among HIV-infected adults in programme setting
Author(s) -
Chandrasekaran Padmapriyadarsini,
L Sekar,
Devarajulu Reddy,
Anandha Chitra,
N Poornagangadevi,
M Selvaraj,
Perumal Kannabiran Bhavani,
S. N. Mothi,
Kiruthiga Nandagopal,
S Vennila,
Manoharan Tamizhselvan,
J Maheshmanisha,
Upasna Agarwal,
B. B. Rewari,
Soumya Swaminathan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1582_18
Subject(s) - medicine , isoniazid , tuberculosis , incidence (geometry) , adverse effect , confidence interval , pediatrics , pathology , physics , optics
As India and other developing countries are scaling up isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in their national programmes, we studied the feasibility and performance of IPT in terms of treatment adherence, outcome and post-treatment effect when given under programmatic settings.