Systematic review of TST responses in people living with HIV in under-resourced settings: implications for isoniazid preventive therapy.

Systematic review of TST responses in people living with HIV in under-resourced settings: implications for isoniazid preventive therapy.

<h4>Background</h4>People living with HIV (PLWH) who have positive tuberculin skin tests (TST) benefit from isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) whereas those testing TST-negative do not. Revised World Health Organization guidelines explicitly state that assessment of TST is not a requirem...

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Main Authors: Andrew D Kerkhoff, Katharina Kranzer, Taraz Samandari, Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro, Christopher C Whalen, Anthony D Harries, Stephen D Lawn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0049928&type=printable
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