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Untreated CD patients could be at risk when being treated with medications
for other medical conditions due to malabsorption of the medications.  The
importance of testing a medicated family member for latent CD where at
least one relative is known to have CD is clear.  The following abstract
was just published.  This has implications for people taking medications
for high blood pressure to HIV infections to oral birth control and for
anyone taking antibiotics, antivirals, etc., etc.

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J Infect. 2004 Jan;48(1):109-11
TB and coeliac disease.

Shetty A, Mckendrick M.

Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK

We report 2 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, which did not respond to
adequate therapy. Both these patients were later found to have coeliac
disease, which led to malabsorption of the TB medications. On treating the
coeliac disease with a gluten free diet, the patients responded to TB
treatment.

PMID: 14667800 [PubMed - in process]

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