RCT: In children with nonsevere, drug-susceptible tuberculosis, treatment for 4 months is noninferior to treatment for 6 months.

Shorter Treatment for Nonsevere Tuberculosis in African and Indian Children – New England Journal of Medicine

News Release: Treatment length reduced for children with tuberculosis – University College London

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Completing 6 months of treatment for tuberculosis in children is a challenge. In this open-label trial involving 1204 children in sub-Saharan Africa and India, 4 months of antituberculosis therapy was noninferior to 6 months of therapy. https://t.co/zkD4URWMru pic.twitter.com/LFR6ZzTKgs

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