Perinatal TB Exposure

Date: 
9 Apr 2009
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Presented by: 
Chris Mathews, M.D.



The session will discuss the management of an infant exposed perinatally to both HIV and tuberculosis (TB). The following issues will be reviewed: risks of BCG vaccination for HIV-infected infants, the effect of isoniazid preventive therapy on BCG efficacy, recommendations for chemotherapeutic management of the TB-exposed infant, and recent World Health Organization
recommendations regarding use of BCG in HIV-infected infants.

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