Pellagra in isoniazid preventive and antiretroviral therapy

Pellagra is caused by cellular deficiency of niacin or its precursor amino acid, tryptophan. Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) is the administration of isoniazid (INH) to latent tuberculosis (TB) infection affected people preventing advancement to active TB disease. Although potentially life-saving...

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Main Authors: John Koech Kipsang, Joseph K. Choge, Pamela A. Marinda, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250919300873