Energy dense nutritional supplements improve weight gain among malnourished adults with drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis: An open-label randomized controlled trial in Faridabad, India
EDNS significantly improved weight gain among undernourished PWTB and may represent a practical, scalable approach to complement existing food basket and cash transfer strategies to aid nutritional recovery during TB treatment.
Authors
- Randeep Guleria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4213-0052)
- Manjula Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8656-3768)
- Pranay Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4233-0871)
- Archna Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6487-6632)
- Anand Krishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9173-7811)
- Rakesh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8441-6860)
- Urvashi B. Singh
Institutions
- Boston Medical Center (US)
- Government of India (IN)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
- Medanta The Medicity (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2025.108286
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40
Funders
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases