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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 59-63.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2014.01.013

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Progress in TB preventive therapy

LIU Er-yong, CHENG Shi-ming, LAI Yu-ji, WANG Dong-mei, LI Tao, WANG Li-ming, WANG Ni, XU Xiao-yu, ZHOU Lin   

  1. Patient’s Care department, National Center for TB Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing  102206, China
  • Received:2013-09-12 Online:2014-01-10 Published:2014-01-05
  • Contact: ZHOU Lin E-mail:zhoulin@chinatb.org

Abstract: The effective diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection is one of the most important measures for TB prevention and control. The author reviewed the current published literature on tuberculosis preventive therapy and summarized the treatment regimens. This would be of great value for the TB health workers to select the appropriate treatment regimen for patients.

Key words: Tuberculosis/prevention and control, Clinical protocols