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Vitamin D Helpful in Subset of Tuberculosis Patients
Last Updated: January 06, 2011.
A genetic subgroup of people with pulmonary tuberculosis may experience an enhanced response to therapy when supplemented by high-dose vitamin D, according to research published online Jan. 6 in The Lancet.
THURSDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic subgroup of people with pulmonary tuberculosis may experience an enhanced response to therapy when supplemented by high-dose vitamin D, according to research published online Jan. 6 in The Lancet.
To investigate the effect of adjuvant vitamin D therapy on sputum culture conversion, Adrian R. Martineau, of Queen Mary University of London, and colleagues analyzed outcomes in 126 patients randomly assigned to vitamin D or placebo at baseline and 12, 28, and 42 days after starting standard treatment for tuberculosis...
Vitamin D Helpful in Subset of Tuberculosis Patients
Last Updated: January 06, 2011.
A genetic subgroup of people with pulmonary tuberculosis may experience an enhanced response to therapy when supplemented by high-dose vitamin D, according to research published online Jan. 6 in The Lancet.
THURSDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic subgroup of people with pulmonary tuberculosis may experience an enhanced response to therapy when supplemented by high-dose vitamin D, according to research published online Jan. 6 in The Lancet.
To investigate the effect of adjuvant vitamin D therapy on sputum culture conversion, Adrian R. Martineau, of Queen Mary University of London, and colleagues analyzed outcomes in 126 patients randomly assigned to vitamin D or placebo at baseline and 12, 28, and 42 days after starting standard treatment for tuberculosis...