The use of anti-tuberculosis therapy for latent TB infection [PDF]
Justin T Denholm1,2, Emma S McBryde1,21Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 2Department of Medicine, (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaAbstract: Tuberculosis ...
Denholm, Justin T. +5 more
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Chronic Pruritic Papular Eruption in an Elderly Man
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Filipe Monteiro +6 more
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Asthma and Multimorbidity Amongst Ethnic Minority Groups in High Income Countries
There is a tight intersection between asthma, deprivation, ethnicity, multimorbidity and poor clinical outcomes. An integrated, holistic and culturally tailored approach is needed to improve clinical outcomes amongst ethnic minority groups with asthma and multimorbidity. ABSTRACT Asthma is one of the commonest noncommunicable diseases worldwide.
Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna +6 more
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Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection : Maximizing Adherence [PDF]
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the presence of M. tuberculosis organisms (tubercle bacilli) without symptoms or radiographic or bacteriologic evidence of TB disease.
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Identification of immunological biomarkers which may differentiate latent tuberculosis from exposure to environmental nontuberculous mycobacteria in children. [PDF]
A positive gamma interferon (IFN-γ) response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis early secretory antigenic target-6 (ESAT-6)/culture filtrate protein-10 (CFP-10) has been taken to indicate latent tuberculosis (TB) infection, but it may also be due to exposure ...
Gorak-Stolinska, P. +36 more
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Pink Polypoid Papulo‐Vesicles on Labia Majora
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Maria Chiara Mercuri +3 more
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Tuberculosis incidence correlates with sunshine : an ecological 28-year time series study [PDF]
Birmingham is the largest UK city after London, and central Birmingham has an annual tuberculosis incidence of 80 per 100,000. We examined seasonality and sunlight as drivers of tuberculosis incidence. Hours of sunshine are seasonal, sunshine exposure is
Martin Dedicoat +21 more
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Latent tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis in children and adolescents
Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients diagnosed with tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection. Methods: A retrospective study, between 2012 and 2015, with data from patients of Programa Einstein na Comunidade de Paraisópolis.
Cassia Satsuki Ishikawa +2 more
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Systemic Treatment and Outcome in Erythrodermic Psoriasis: A Retrospective Multicenter Study
This multicentre real‐world study illustrates the heterogeneity of systemic treatment approaches in erythrodermic psoriasis (EP) in Bavaria, Germany. Adverse events were more frequently observed with conventional therapies, whereas biologic therapies showed favorable outcomes.
Julian Kögel +15 more
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Accurate diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in children, people who are immunocompromised or at risk from immunosuppression and recent arrivals from countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis: systematic review and economic evaluation [PDF]
Background - Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) [(Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896], is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Nearly one-third of the world’s population is infected with MTB; TB has an annual incidence of
Seedat, Farah +28 more
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