Zinc and vitamin A supplementation fails to reduce sputum conversion time in severely malnourished pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Indonesia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A previous study showed that combination of zinc and vitamin A reduced sputum conversion time in pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients.</p> <p>Objective</p> <p>We studied the efficacy of which single micronutri...

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Main Authors: van der Velden Koos, Bor Hans, Darmawidjaja Nining, Salean Michael, Suratih Ni Made, Karyadi Elvina, Pakasi Trevino A, Dolmans Wil MV, van der Meer Jos WM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:Nutrition Journal
Online Access:http://www.nutritionj.com/content/9/1/41