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Nursing Roles in Patient Education for Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Scoping Review

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To systematically map and conceptually organise evidence on nurse‐led and nurse‐involved patient education in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) across three domains: nurses' educational roles and capacity, reduction of unnecessary antibiotic use and antibiotic adherence and treatment completion. Design Scoping review.
Yu‐Shan Chou, Po‐Yu Liu, Chi‐Wen Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Latent tuberculosis infection: the final frontier of tuberculosis elimination in the USA

Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print), 2017
Since 1989, the USA has been pursuing the goal of tuberculosis elimination. After substantial progress during the past two decades, the rate of tuberculosis cases in the USA each year has now levelled off and remains well above the elimination threshold.
P. Lobue, J. Mermin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Identification of immunological biomarkers which may differentiate latent tuberculosis from exposure to environmental nontuberculous mycobacteria in children. [PDF]

, 2013
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., Crampin, A.C., French, Neil, Ngwira, B., Ndhlovu, Richard, Ottenhoff, T.H., Crampin, Amelia C, Mzembe, Themba, Kanyika, James, Hur, Yun-Gyoung, Gorak-Stolinska, Patricia, Branson, K., French, N., Crampin, Amelia C., Dockrell, Hazel M., Hur, Y.G., Stanley, C., Stanley, Carolynne, Saul, Jacky, Kanyika, J., Lalor, Maeve K., Chisambo, Christina, Chisambo, C., Lalor, M.K., Houben, Rein, Houben, R., Dockrell, H.M., Ottenhoff, Tom H, Mzembe, T., Saul, J., Papasian, C. J., Ndhlovu, R., Lalor, Maeve K, Dockrell, Hazel M, Ngwira, Bagrey, Branson, Keith, Ottenhoff, Tom H.   +36 more
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Periodontal Medicine Rewired: Mechanisms Linking Periodontitis to Systemic Diseases

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This review reorganizes decades of research in periodontal medicine into a multi‐dimensional framework, illustrating how periodontitis influences systemic health through at least seven interconnected mechanisms. ABSTRACT Periodontitis is now recognized not merely as a localized oral condition but as a systemic disease linked to over 70 communicable and
Mario Romandini, George Hajishengallis, Mike Curtis, Giacomo Baima   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Novel tuberculosis skin tests for detecting latent tuberculosis infection

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Dear Editor, We are impressed by the article titled “Latent tuberculosis diagnostics: current scenario and review” by Gupta et al. published in your journal.
Jinish Doshi, Kunal Deokar, Priyanka Gaikwad   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Cost-effectiveness of Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis to Reduce Progression to Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Evidence-based recommendations for treating persons having presumed latent tuberculosis (LTBI) after contact to infectious multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) are lacking because published data consist of small observational studies ...
S. Marks, S. Mase, S. Morris
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Point of care tests for tuberculosis (TB) : economic analysis report [PDF]

A number of clinical/disease areas have been prioritised by the TSB and DH for the DIIA Innovation Platform. To support commissioning of technology developments in the area of tuberculosis detection in humans, a scoping review has been undertaken to help
Szczepura, Ala, Osipenko, Leeza
core  

Asymptomatic Tuberculosis in the Namibia National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey: Occurrence Under Various Case Definitions

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Asymptomatic tuberculosis (TB) is emerging as a disease state warranting attention because it is presumed infectious, yet affected individuals lack symptoms. The World Health Organization recommends screening for cough, fever, weight loss and night sweats and recently defined asymptomatic TB.
Nunurai Ruswa, Gunar Gunther, Farai Mavhunga, Frank Cobelens, Mareli Claassens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Should TNF inhibitors be avoided in psoriasis patients with latent tuberculosis?

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Fabià Torres‐Betato, Lluís Puig
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of Drug Resistance, Drug Resistance Conferring Mutations and Genomic DNA Methylation Revealed in Mycobacterium tuberculosis From South Africa

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis remains a major public health threat globally, with drug‐resistant strains undermining treatment efficacy. We analyzed 126 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) isolates with diverse drug resistance spectra and selected 35 for whole genome sequencing (WGS) using Illumina NextSeq, SMRT PacBio Onso and SMRT PacBio Revio ...
Unarine Matodzi, Awelani Mutshembele, Eric Mensah, Dillon Muzondiwa, Ndivhuho A. Makhado, Oleg N. Reva   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source