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Association between diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis in United States-born and foreign-born populations in San Francisco. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The impact of diabetes on tuberculosis in United States and foreign-born populations in San Francisco has not been studied.To determine the characteristics, prevalence and temporal trends of diabetes in US and foreign-born persons attending the San ...
Gompol Suwanpimolkul, Jennifer A Grinsdale, Leah G Jarlsberg, Julie Higashi, Dennis H Osmond, Philip C Hopewell, Midori Kato-Maeda   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of IP-10 in Quantiferon-Plus as biomarker for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection.

Tuberculosis, 2018
The QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) is a new test for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) diagnosis, in which has been added a new tube containing shorter peptides stimulating CD8 T-cells and CD4-stimulating-peptides.
L. Petrone, V. Vanini, T. Chiacchio, E. Petruccioli, G. Cuzzi, V. Schininà, F. Palmieri, G. Ippolito, D. Goletti   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ruta graveolens L. in Evidence‐Based Phytotherapy: Pharmacological Activities, Bioactive Compounds and Safety

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
Graphical representation of ethnomedical uses, major bioactive compounds, pharmacological potential and toxicological risks of Ruta graveolens L. ABSTRACT Ruta graveolens L. is widely used in traditional European, Asian, African, and South American medicine for digestive, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, and reproductive disorders.
Tetiana Serhiienko, Victoriya Georgiyants, Liudas Ivanauskas, Olha Mykhailenko   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of alpha-crystallin, early-secreted antigenic target 6-kDa protein and culture filtrate protein 10 as novel diagnostic markers in osteoarticular tuberculosis

Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, 2016
Osteoarticular tuberculosis constitutes about 3% of all tuberculosis cases. Early and accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis is a challenging problem especially in the case of osteoarticular tuberculosis owing to the lower number of bacilli.
Nazia Rizvi, Ajai Singh, Manish Yadav, Syed Rizwan Hussain, Salma Siddiqui, Vineet Kumar, Sabir Ali, Avinash Agarwal   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Latent tuberculosis infection and renal transplantation - Diagnosis and management.

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the commonest infectious disease cause of death worldwide. Tuberculosis is an important infectious disease cause of morbidity and death in renal transplant recipients.
S. Krishnamoorthy, N. Kumaresan, Alimuddin Zumla   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genomic Investigations Unveil the Genetic Underpinnings of Environmental Adaptation in African Goat Populations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study integrates genomics and landscape genetics to analyze African goat environmental adaptation. Analyzing 1591 samples, it finds population structure differentiates geographically into four groups, with gene flow between wild Yura goats and North Africans.
Weifeng Peng, Yihua Wang, Yiyuan Zhang, Lei Gao, Lili Wu, Shuping Wang, Yiyang Gao, Wanlu Shi, Kaixin Lu, Rong Deng, Junting Li, Jing Han, Xiaohui Lu, Yujie Liu, Xiaojiao Tang, Yunxia Zhang, Guoyin Li, Li Huang, Mingsheng Yang, Xiaoyan Li   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing interferon-gamma release assays with tuberculin skin test for identifying latent tuberculosis infection that progresses to active tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
BackgroundTimely and accurate identification of people with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is important for controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB). There is no gold standard for diagnosis of LTBI.
P. Auguste, A. Tsertsvadze, J. Pink, R. Court, N. McCarthy, P. Sutcliffe, A. Clarke   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Chronic Pruritic Papular Eruption in an Elderly Man

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Filipe Monteiro, Inês Tribolet‐Abreu, Gustavo Almeida‐Silva, Inês Amaral, Ivânia Soares, Sónia Fernandes, Joana Antunes   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Anti‐IL‐23 and Anti‐IL‐17 Therapy on Darier Disease: A Case Series

Australasian Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Darier disease is a rare ATP2A2‐related genodermatosis for which therapeutic options remain limited, as acitretin is often constrained by toxicity and teratogenicity. In this retrospective real‐world case series of eight patients, anti‐IL‐17 therapy showed a more consistent early signal of clinical benefit than anti‐IL‐23 therapy, with greater
Maione Vincenzo, Zanghi Silvia, Catapano Cecilia, Bighetti Stefano, Cattaneo Isacco, Venturini Marina, Bettolini Luca   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Latent tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis in children and adolescents

Einstein (São Paulo)
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, Olivia Mari Matsuo, Flavio Sarno   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source