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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 False negative interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) results constitute the major dilemma for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) infections. Herein, we conducted a cohort study to compare the host immunological response to TB-specific antigens between active
Qiang Li +8 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Background The Mycobacterial heparin-binding hemagglutinin (HBHA) is an important latency-associated antigen that can be used to distinguish between latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and active tuberculosis (ATB).
Jinhua Tang +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Background The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is vastly higher than that of tuberculosis (TB) disease and this enormous reservoir of individuals with LTBI impacts the global TB control strategy.
K. Jeremiah +9 more
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Heliyon, 2023 Objective: To identify host factors associated with false-negative results of interferon-γ release tests in adults with active tuberculosis. Methods: The clinical data of 943 patients with active tuberculosis diagnosed by acid-fast smear staining ...
Quanxian Liu +5 more
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Screening for Tuberculosis in Health Care Workers. Experience in an Italian Teaching Hospital [PDF]
, 2017 Health care workers (HCW) are particularly at risk of acquiring tuberculosis (TB), even in countries with low TB incidence. Therefore, TB screening in HCW is a useful prevention strategy in countries with both low and high TB incidence.
De Luca, Assunta +8 more
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O prevladovanju estetskega nad poučnim v mladinski književnosti
Jezik in Slovstvo, 2014 Helga Glušič zagovarja stališče, da sta v kakovostni mladinski književnosti etika in estetika pomembnejši od poučnosti. V razpravah zasleduje predvsem dvoje: depedagogizacijo mladinske književnosti ter igro (njen vsebinski in/ali oblikovni element) in ...
Dragica Haramija
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Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis and host RNA expression in Africa [PDF]
, 2014 Improved diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in children are needed. We hypothesized that transcriptional signatures of host blood could be used to distinguish tuberculosis from other diseases in African children who either were or were not infected with ...
Amelia C. Crampin +26 more
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Interferon-gamma release assay has poor diagnostic accuracy in differentiating intestinal tuberculosis from Crohn’s disease in tuberculosis endemic areas [PDF]
Intestinal Research, 2023 Background/Aims Intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) and Crohn’s disease (CD) frequently present with a diagnostic dilemma because of similar presentation.
Karan Sachdeva +10 more
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Tricks to translating TB transcriptomics. [PDF]
, 2015 Transcriptomics and other high-throughput methods are increasingly applied to questions relating to tuberculosis (TB) pathogenesis. Whole blood transcriptomics has repeatedly been applied to define correlates of TB risk and has produced new insight into ...
Coussens, AK, Deffur, A, Wilkinson, RJ
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Activity Disease in SLE Patients Affected IFN-γ in the IGRA Results
Journal of Inflammation Research, 2020 Purpose Highly active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) causes a high risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection in SLE patients in Indonesia, a country in which the disease, especially extrapulmonary TB, is endemic.
Winni Maharani +6 more
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