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Alaina Tedesco

Daily therapy superior to intermittent for TB in patients with HIV

A daily antituberculosis regimen prevented rifampicin resistance and was more effective than an intermittent regimen among patients with HIV with pulmonary tuberculosis who were receiving antiretroviral therapy, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Steroid inhaler use increases risk for hard-to-treat lung infections

Older adults who were treated for asthma or COPD with inhaled corticosteroids were twice as likely to develop nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease infections than those who were not, according to findings published in the European Respiratory Journal.

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