Comparison of three short-course rifamycin-based regimens for the prevention of tuberculosis in patients with end-stage kidney disease: Study protocol for a randomised clinical trial (RIFAKiD-TB trial)

• Miguel Santin ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: msantin@bellvitgehospital.cat, msantin@ub.edu

  Affiliations Tuberculosis Unit, Service of Infectious Diseases, Bellvitge University Hospital-Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-3543

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• Sandra Perez-Recio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tuberculosis Unit, Service of Infectious Diseases, Bellvitge University Hospital-Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

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• Maria D. Grijota,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Tuberculosis Unit, Service of Infectious Diseases, Bellvitge University Hospital-Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Fundamental and Medical-Surgical Nursing, University of Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

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• Luis Anibarro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tuberculosis Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8790-6320

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• Jose M. Barcala,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain

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• Maria L. De Souza-Galvao,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

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• Paloma Gijon,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

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• Rafael Luque,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Unit of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine Infectious Diseases Research Group, University of Seville/CSIC/University Virgen del Rocío and Virgen Macarena (IBIS), Sevilla, Spain

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• Francesca Sanchez,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unitat Clínica de Tuberculosis, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

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• on behalf of the RIFAKiD team trial

  ¶Membership of the RIFAKiD Team Trial Group is listed in the Acknowledgments.

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