Summary

This study investigated whether vitamin A and zinc supplementation increases the efficacy of antituberculosis treatment.
80 patients with tuberculosis were divided into 2 groups: one group received vitamin A and zinc daily for 6 months. The second group received no supplementation.
Additionally, both groups were given the standard treatment for tuberculosis.
The results showed that vitamin A and zinc supplementation improved the efficacy of the tuberculosis treatment, eventually leading to the recovery of the patients.

Further details can be found in the study.

References

Elvina Karyadi, Clive E West, Werner Schultink, Ronald H H Nelwan, Rainer Gross, Zulkifli Amin, Wil M V Dolmans, Harald Schlebusch, Jos W M van der Meer

 

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