Preferred Therapy and Duration Recommendation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
For drug-sensitive MTB Initial phase (8 weeks) (AI)
Isoniazid (INH) 5 mg/kg body weight (max: 300 mg) PO
QD and rifampin 10 mg/kg (max: 600 mg) PO QD or
rifabutin 300 mg PO QD (or dose adjusted based on
concomitant meds) and pyrazinamide (PZA) (dose
based on weight) PO QD and ethambutol (EMB) (dose
based on weight) PO QD
Latent Tuberculosis (2006)
A chapter from Clinical Manual for Management of the HIV-Infected Adult..
From AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center
TB Is About People (October 2003)
A speech by Winstone Zulu, founding member of the Zambian Network of People Living with HIV.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Tuberculosis and HIV (May 2003)
A clinical overview from an online textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
From HIV InSite
TB Can Be Cured (March 2003)
"Given the ways HIV and tuberculosis work in synergy, it is imperative that we devise strategies that allow us to fight them simultaneously," writes José M. Zuniga, President of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care.
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care