Landmark TB Trial Identifies Shorter-Course Treatment Regimen
Results from an international, randomized, controlled clinical trial indicate that a four-month daily treatment regimen containing high-dose, or “optimized,” rifapentine with moxifloxacin is as safe and effective as the existing standard six-month daily regimen at curing drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB) disease. Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease that mainly affects your lungs. The bacteria …