Lansoprazole use and tuberculosis incidence in the United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink: A population based cohort.

<h4>Background</h4>Recent in vitro and animal studies have found the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) lansoprazole to be highly active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Omeprazole and pantoprazole have no activity. There is no evidence that, in clinical practice, lansoprazole can treat or p...

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Main Authors: Tom A Yates, Laurie A Tomlinson, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Sinead Langan, Sara Thomas, Liam Smeeth, Ian J Douglas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-11-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002457