Journal article
Adjunctive vitamin D for treatment of active tuberculosis in India: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D has immunomodulatory effects that might aid clearance of mycobacterial infection. We aimed to assess whether vitamin D supplementation would reduce time to sputum culture conversion in patients with active tuberculosis.
METHODS: We did this randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, superiority trial at 13 sites in India. Treatment-naive patients who were sputum-smear positive, HIV negative, and had pulmonary …
Authors
Daley P; Jagannathan V; John KR; Sarojini J; Latha A; Vieth R; Suzana S; Jeyaseelan L; Christopher DJ; Smieja M
Journal
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 528–534
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2015
DOI
10.1016/s1473-3099(15)70053-8
ISSN
1473-3099