<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> 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. ---------- 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] * * * * Send administrative questions to [log in to unmask] *