Tuberculosis Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Latent TB === Latent TB is treated with either [[isoniazid]] or [[rifampin]] alone, or a combination of isoniazid with either rifampicin or rifapentine.<ref name="WHOlatent2018">{{cite book | publisher=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO) | title=Latent tuberculosis infection | year=2018 | page=23 | isbn=978-92-4-155023-9 | url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/260233/9789241550239-eng.pdf;jsessionid=E08401544A59BE3F84C645C9A9A7B0E5?sequence=1 | access-date=25 July 2018 | archive-date=2 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215123/http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/260233/9789241550239-eng.pdf;jsessionid=E08401544A59BE3F84C645C9A9A7B0E5?sequence=1 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Borisov AS, Bamrah Morris S, Njie GJ, Winston CA, Burton D, Goldberg S, Yelk Woodruff R, Allen L, LoBue P, Vernon A | display-authors = 6 | title = Update of Recommendations for Use of Once-Weekly Isoniazid-Rifapentine Regimen to Treat Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection | journal = MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | volume = 67 | issue = 25 | pages = 723β726 | date = June 2018 | pmid = 29953429 | pmc = 6023184 | doi = 10.15585/mmwr.mm6725a5 }}</ref><ref name=Ste2020>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sterling TR, Njie G, Zenner D, Cohn DL, Reves R, Ahmed A, Menzies D, Horsburgh CR, Crane CM, Burgos M, LoBue P, Winston CA, Belknap R | display-authors = 6 | title = Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2020 | language = en-us | journal = MMWR. Recommendations and Reports | volume = 69 | issue = 1 | pages = 1β11 | date = February 2020 | pmid = 32053584 | pmc = 7041302 | doi = 10.15585/mmwr.rr6901a1 }}</ref> The treatment takes three to nine months depending on the medications used.<ref name=CDCcourse/><ref name="WHOlatent2018"/><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Njie GJ, Morris SB, Woodruff RY, Moro RN, Vernon AA, Borisov AS | title = Isoniazid-Rifapentine for Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | journal = American Journal of Preventive Medicine | volume = 55 | issue = 2 | pages = 244β252 | date = August 2018 | pmid = 29910114 | pmc = 6097523 | doi = 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.04.030 }}</ref><ref name=Ste2020/> People with latent infections are treated to prevent them from progressing to active TB disease later in life.<ref name=Latent2011>{{cite journal | vauthors = Menzies D, Al Jahdali H, Al Otaibi B | title = Recent developments in treatment of latent tuberculosis infection | journal = The Indian Journal of Medical Research | volume = 133 | issue = 3 | pages = 257β66 | date = March 2011 | pmid = 21441678 | pmc = 3103149 }}</ref> Education or counselling may improve the latent tuberculosis treatment completion rates.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = M'imunya JM, Kredo T, Volmink J | title = Patient education and counselling for promoting adherence to treatment for tuberculosis | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue = 5 | pages = CD006591 | date = May 2012 | volume = 2012 | pmid = 22592714 | pmc = 6532681 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD006591.pub2 | collaboration = Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page