Point-of-Care Urine Tests for Smoking Status and Isoniazid Treatment Monitoring in Adult Patients

BACKGROUND: Poor adherence to isoniazid (INH) preventive therapy (IPT) is an impediment to effective control of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. TB patients who smoke are at higher risk of latent TB infection, active disease, and TB mortality, and may have lower adherence to their TB medications....

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Main Authors: Nicolau, Ioana, Tian, Lulu, Menzies, Dick, Ostiguy, Gaston, Pai, Madhukar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461034/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029310
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045913
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