The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians (Jan 2023)

Tuberculosis preventive therapy – Clinical practice issues

  • Aloke Gopal Ghoshal,
  • Supriya Sarkar,
  • Arup Kumar Halder,
  • Aparup Dhua,
  • Chandra Sekhar Das,
  • Parthajit Das,
  • Abhra Chandra Chowdhury,
  • Sanjay Kumar Daulat Thakur,
  • Anindya Kishore Majumder

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/jacp.jacp_48_23
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 3
pp. 115 – 123

Abstract

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Latent tuberculosis (LTB) is now termed as tuberculosis infection (TBI). Prevention of active TB disease by treatment of tuberculosis infection is a critical component of the National Strategic Plan 2017-25 for TB Elimination in India by 2025. Programmatic Management of Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy (PMTPT) is a public health document while treatment of tuberculosis infection is essentially a clinical approach. Here we have attempted to address the gray areas answering from clinical viewpoint.

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