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Isoniazid (INH), the powerful antituberculosis drug, has also been used in regimens for treating disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), an important opportunistic pathogen encountered in AIDS patients. Its use for treatment of MAC disease has also been endorsed by the American Thoracic Society. However some controversy has emerged recently in medical literature, discounting its role and even implying that its use is contraindicated in chemotherapy of MAC disease.
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