Monday, 10 January 2011

TUBERCULOSIS: TB and HIV in children-advances in prevention and management

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 01/09/2011
Marais BJ et al. – In addition, careful scrutiny for TB exposure should occur at every health care visit, with provision of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) following each documented exposure event. Knowing the HIV infection status of child TB suspects is essential to optimize case management. Although multiple difficulties remain, recent advances demonstrate that the management of children with TB and/or HIV can be vastly improved by well focused interventions using readily available resources.

http://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/newsl-article.cfm/3428796/ZZ880582144096849473028/?news_id=1604&newsdt=010911&subspec_id=1009

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