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Latent TB screening and treatment for elderly patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus

Joyce Lee
May 21, 2021, 11:58 p.m.

A programmatic latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) intervention led to completion rates of 92.7% for LTBI screening and 82.5% for TB preventive therapy (TPT) among elderly patients with poorly controlled diabetes, according to study findings published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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