NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults treated for an inactive tuberculosis infection may be at increased risk of suffering liver damage from the medication, a study published Monday suggests.

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The final recommendation statement-- a grade B recommendation -- and an updated evidence report and systematic review were published in JAMA, and build on previous guidelines from 2016, which also ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that up to 13 million people in the United States have latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. These patients do not feel sick, do not show ...

Treatment of latent tuberculosis has never been a simple affair. Nine months of a drug known as isoniazid, taken daily, is the standard of care and can help clear the infection. But it also causes ...

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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 ...

There has been an uptick in tuberculosis cases in California illnesses after years of decline, health officials have announced. Related Articles Santa Clara County purchases medical office it had ...

An outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) developed in Kansas in November 2021, and included multiple children who were born in the U.S. and became infected in the state, CDC researchers ...

The "Latent TB Detection Market Forecast to 2027 – COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis By Test (Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) and Interferon Gamma Released Assay (IGRA)); End User (Hospitals, Diagnostic ...