Mass screening and isoniazid treatment for latent tuberculosis (TB) did not significantly affect TB control in South African gold mines, even though isoniazid successfully prevented TB during ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A shortage of isoniazid interfered with patient care and may contribute to the spread of tuberculosis in the ...

The continuous shortage of isoniazid has prompted the CDC to release recommendations on how to adjust tuberculosis treatment and prevention practices in response to the shortage. Isoniazid is an ...

Effective treatment of latent tuberculosis infection is key to TB control efforts and approaching the goal of TB elimination, the authors reported. This article is written live from ID Week 2017 ...

Treatment of latent tuberculosis is set to transform after a pair of studies revealed that a shorter treatment was safer and more effective in children and adults compared to the current standard.

This is a 58-year-old liver recipient with a history of possible TB as a teenager. Re-exacerbation of TB cannot be ruled out. Do we know the status of his purified protein derivative (PPD) skin test?

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers reported in The New England Journal of Medicine that 4 months of rifampin was noninferior to 9 ...

A new experimental antibiotic for tuberculosis has been shown to be more effective against TB than isoniazid, a decades-old drug which is currently one of the standard treatments. In mouse studies, ...