The Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Province Based Practice and Problems

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is still an important global public health problem. TB is a disease that can be treated and also be prevented. Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is an ongoing immune response situation against Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a lack of clinical, radiological and microbiological active disease. This is also called "TB infection". The purpose of the LTBI treatment is to prevent TB infection in individuals that encountered TB bacilli and to eliminate the residual bacilli that have the potential to cause the