Tolerance to rifampicine (RIF) 4 months vs. isoniazid (INH) 6 months for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)

I. Fresard, E. Langenskiold, P. O. Bridevaux, T. Rochat, J. P. Janssens (Geneva, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Session: Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2320
Disease area: Respiratory infections

Congress or journal article abstractE-poster

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
I. Fresard, E. Langenskiold, P. O. Bridevaux, T. Rochat, J. P. Janssens (Geneva, Lausanne, Switzerland). Tolerance to rifampicine (RIF) 4 months vs. isoniazid (INH) 6 months for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 2320

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
High rate of hepatitis due to treatment with pyrazinamide (PYR) and ethambutol (EMB) for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in subjects exposed to MDR-TB
Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Management of tuberculosis pulmonary, extrapulmonary peculiarities
Year: 2005


Treatment outcomes of tuberculosis (TB) patients with rifampin (RMP) or RMP and isoniazid (INH) resistance receiving standard regimen
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 42s
Year: 2003

Latent tuberculosis (infection). Evaluation of a short course treatment with isoniazid, rifampin and pyrazinamid
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 567s
Year: 2002

Two months isoniazid, rifampin and pirazinamid for latent tuberculosis infection
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Special treatment options in tuberculosis
Year: 2010


When do we extend the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) more than 6 months?
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Clinical tuberculosis
Year: 2007


Tuberculosis (TB) relapse rate among patients treated with moxifloxacin (m) or ethambutol (E) in the intensive phase of therapy
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Treatment of tuberculosis at times of emerging drug resistance
Year: 2009


Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection with 6 months isoniazid therapy in pediatric population
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 624s
Year: 2005

Primary resistance (PR) of mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) to antimicrobial drugs (AMBD) in patients (P) with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 655s
Year: 2004

Long term plasma rifampicin (R) concentrations in AIDS patients with tuberculosis (TB) under HAART therapy
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 40s
Year: 2003

Primary multidrug resistance (PMDR) of mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) to antimycobacterial drugs (AMBTD) in the patients with destructive TB.
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - The challenge of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Year: 2008

Tuberculin skin test (TST) conversions rates, its relationship with interferon gamma release assay and safety and efficacy of 4 months rifampicin therapy (4R) for latent TB infection (LTBI) among nursing students in south India
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Special treatment options in tuberculosis
Year: 2010


Multi drug resistant (rifampicin + isoniazid) pulmonary tuberculosis – a challenge for a developing country specially co-infected with HIV
Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 421s
Year: 2007

Bio-Chip (BCh) technology for diagnostics of multidrug resistance (DR) of mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) from patients with disseminated tuberculosis (DT)
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Genetics, immunology and microbiology of tuberculosis
Year: 2008


Efficacy and safety of linezolid for the treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and disease by non tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Treatment of tuberculosis and adverse drug reactions
Year: 2011

Evaluation of moxifloxacin for the treatment of tuberculosis: 3 years of experience
Source: Eur Respir J 2011; 38: 888-894
Year: 2011



What is latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)?
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Microbial colonisation or latency: a foot in the door to respiratory infections
Year: 2009


Phenotypic resistance of M. tuberculosis to bedaquilin (BDQ) and linezolid (LZD)
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Challenges and advances in the diagnosis and clinical management of tuberculosis
Year: 2021


Treatment with isoniazid or rifampin for latent tuberculosis infection: population-based study of hepatotoxicity, completion and costs
Source: Eur Respir J, 55 (3) 1902048; 10.1183/13993003.02048-2019
Year: 2020



Comparative analysis between multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in HIV(+) patients
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection
Year: 2009


QuantiFERON-TB GIT (QFT-GIT) vs TST in diagnosis of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) in household TB contacts in poland
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Tuberculosis contact screening
Year: 2009