Cure Research for Tuberculosis
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Curable Types of Tuberculosis
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Medical Research Breakthroughs and Tuberculosis
Common vitamins and micronutrients reduce the risk of recurrence of Tuberculosis: According to new study findings a link between
micronutrient supplementation and reduced risk of recurrence during tuberculosis
chemotherapy. Previously nutritional assessment and support used to be an
integral part of tuberculosis therapy, before the advent of anti-TB drugs but
now is no longer carried out in most low-income countries even though poor
nutrition impairs the immune system and leads to risk of further infection and
relapse.
A team of researchers from The Harvard School of Public Health conducted
a randomized trial of micronutrients using doses of vitamins A, B-complex, C,
E, and selenium or placebo in 887 patients receiving tuberculosis therapy, who
were then followed for a medium of 43 months; 471 were HIV-co infected and not
receiving antiretroviral therapy and 416 were HIV-uninfected.
The findings of the study showed that micronutrient supplementation was
associated with reduced rates of TB recurrence. In the study, both HIV-infected
and uninfected patients with pulmonary TB who were receiving the supplements
had a decreased risk of TB recurrence during the next few months after the TB
culture had become negative: 45 percent overall and 63 percent in HIV-infected
patients. Supplementation also reduced the incidence of peripheral neuropathy
by 57 percent, irrespective of HIV status, and increased the levels of certain
cells (CD3 and CD4) important in immune response in HIV-uninfected patients.
Hence these findings suggest that providing micronutrients to patients with
tuberculosis who were undergoing anti-TB treatment appeared to decrease the
risk of recurrences. This effect was stronger in patients infected with HIV
than in those who were HIV-negative. This could be relevant because TB
reactivation is common among HIV-infected persons. Further, it will be
important to find out whether micronutrients improve the outcome of TB
treatment in TB-HIV co-infected patients who are undergoing antiretroviral
therapy.
The promising results of this study show that further investigations are needed
to develop optimal combinations of micronutrients that can be provided
inexpensively in TB therapy to reduce relapses and increase survival.
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