Abstract
A meta-analysis of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in human immunodeficiency virus-positive individuals failed to show a mortality benefit even though tuberculosis is a leading cause of death in this group. Results for purified protein derivative (PPD) positive patients were heterogeneous, however, and two of the included trials had many PPD-unknowns. When all PPD-unknowns were allocated to either PPD-positive or PPD-negative, the individual trial results were not robust, and simulated metaanalyses showed an overall reduction in all-cause mortality for PPD-positive individuals on IPT (relative risk 0.76; 95% credibility interval 0.6-0.95).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1038-1040 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 8 |
State | Published - Aug 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- HIV
- Isoniazid
- Mortality
- Tuberculosis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
- Infectious Diseases