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Adjunctive Dexamethasone Fails to Decrease Mortality for HIV-Positive Adults With Tuberculosis Meningitis

01/08/2024

Anthony Calabro, MA

Clinicians generally treat HIV-associated tuberculosis meningitis with glucocorticoids, but little is known about its efficacy and safety.

01/08/2024

Tuberculosis

WHO Updates TB Prevention Guidelines

03/25/2020

The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines on tuberculosis preventive treatment with 18 new recommendations.

03/25/2020

Treatment

Most US Adults With MDR-TB Are Not Eligible for WHO’s Treatment Recommendations

03/13/2020

The WHO recommendation for a shorter multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment regimen was made based on successful clinical trials conducted in Asia and Africa. But researchers investigated whether US...

03/13/2020

Management

Researchers Call for Improvements to TB-Diabetes Management

03/04/2020

Investigators for the TANDEM Study assessed the clinical characteristics of individuals with both diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis. They found several areas for concern.

03/04/2020

Tuberculosis

All-Oral Combination Therapy May Shorten TB Treatment

12/03/2019

In an effort to find a shorter, more efficacious oral regimen to treat patients with drug-susceptible tuberculosis, authors of a new study analyzed the bactericidal activity and safety of several...

12/03/2019

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