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CDC Issues New TB Treatment Guidelines
Posted 8 Dec 2011 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Dec. 8 – New guidelines on treating so-called "latent" tuberculosis infection in the United States should significantly shorten and simplify the course of the therapy from about 9 months to 3 months, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new guidelines for public health officials and health care providers – which are based on expert opinion and the results of three clinical trials – are a "game changer" for the treatment of TB in the United States, according to CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden. Latent TB infection occurs when a person is infected with TB bacteria but does not yet have symptoms and so cannot transmit the bacteria to others. However, if the bacteria becomes active, the person will develop the disease and can also spread it to others. Certain people, including those with weakened immune systems, are more likely to progress from ... Read more
Related support groups: Isoniazid, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis -- Latent, Rifapentine, Nydrazid, Priftin
TB Outbreaks in Texas Schools Show Disease Still a Threat
Posted 14 Oct 2011 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, Oct. 14 – Outbreaks among young people in Texas of the old foe tuberculosis – often mistakenly dismissed as a long-ago health menace now confined to the pages of a Charles Dickens novel – show that the respiratory disease is still easily contracted and remains a potential threat to Americans, experts say. "Tuberculosis has always been with us and probably always will be," said Dr. Len Horovitz, a pulmonary specialist with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. At least 100 people have tested positive for tuberculosis (TB) on skin tests in Ennis, Texas, about 40 miles south of Dallas, including several students at the local high school. The testing was done after a teacher was diagnosed with TB before the start of the school year. And the University of North Texas in Denton – about 70 miles away – recommended that 27 people who had had contact with a student diagnosed with a ... Read more
Related support groups: Isoniazid, Tuberculosis, Rifampin, Ethambutol, Pyrazinamide, Myambutol, Rifadin, Rifadin IV, Rimactane, Nydrazid
New Combo Therapy May Prevent TB, Save Lives in People With HIV
Posted 6 Jul 2011 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, July 6 – Simpler and shorter treatment with antibiotic drugs could help prevent full-blown tuberculosis in millions of people worldwide infected with the bacterium that causes TB, especially those also infected with HIV, researchers report. TB, or tuberculosis, is the leading cause of death among people co-infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. About half a million people with both infections die worldwide every year. The new study by an international team of scientists included 1,148 South African men and women infected with the TB bacterium and HIV, who were followed for up to six years to see whose TB infections stayed dormant. It found that the most streamlined combination treatment – a high dose of 900 milligrams each of the newer antibiotic rifapentine (Priftin) and the traditional anti-TB antibiotic isoniazid once weekly for three months – worked as well or ... Read more
Related support groups: Isoniazid, Tuberculosis -- Prophylaxis, Nydrazid, Rifapentine, Priftin
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