[Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection].

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Date publication

avril 2012

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr FRAISSE Philippe


Tous les auteurs :
Fraisse P

Résumé

Latent tuberculosis infection is a key stage in the natural history of tuberculosis, and provides an important period where strategies to prevent the development of disease may be implemented. The treatment of latent tuberculosis infection is well described in many national guidelines. In this review, we attempt to help pneumonologists to implement these guidelines accurately and appropriately, prescribing preventive treatment when the benefit-risk ratio is optimal, providing treatment most safely, performing therapeutic education and incorporating preventive treatment into the full array of measures against tuberculosis.

Référence

Rev Mal Respir. 2012 Apr;29(4):579-600