The Lancet infectious diseases
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Adjunctive vitamin D for treatment of active tuberculosis in India: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Vitamin D has immunomodulatory effects that might aid clearance of mycobacterial infection. We aimed to assess whether vitamin D supplementation would reduce time to sputum culture conversion in patients with active tuberculosis. ⋯ Dalhousie University and Infectious Diseases Training and Research Centre.