13 doses rifapentine + isoniazid as good as 9 months INH for latent TB (RCT, NEJM)
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Nine months is a long time to take daily isoniazid -- and an even longer time to go without beer. If you have latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) diagnosed by a positive tuberculin skin test, and you make it through a year or 2 without developing active TB, your lifetime risk of reactivation TB (given a healthy immune system) drops to only about
13 doses rifapentine + isoniazid as good as 9 months INH for latent TB (RCT, NEJM)
13 doses rifapentine + isoniazid as good as 9…
13 doses rifapentine + isoniazid as good as 9 months INH for latent TB (RCT, NEJM)
Nine months is a long time to take daily isoniazid -- and an even longer time to go without beer. If you have latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) diagnosed by a positive tuberculin skin test, and you make it through a year or 2 without developing active TB, your lifetime risk of reactivation TB (given a healthy immune system) drops to only about
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