Incidence and risk factors for tuberculosis in people living with HIV: cohort from HIV referral health centers in Recife, Brazil. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 OBJECTIVE: To identify the incidence of and risk factors for tuberculosis in people living with HIV (PLHIV). DESIGN: Observational, prospective cohort study. METHODS: A total of 2069 HIV-infected patients was observed between July 2007 and December 2010.
Joanna d'Arc Lyra Batista +8 more
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Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals slow growth and low mutation rates during latent infections in humans [PDF]
, 2014 Very little is known about the growth and mutation rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during latent infection in humans. However, studies in rhesus macaques have suggested that latent infections have mutation rates that are higher than that observed ...
Alland, David +9 more
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P-1408. Prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among patients with diabetes mellitus in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Nepal [PDF]
Open Forum Infect DisSailesh Shrestha
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Analysis of factors influencing latent tuberculosis infection screening using QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube in people living with HIV/AIDS [PDF]
Front Cell Infect MicrobiolXu Y +8 more
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AJPM Focus, 2023 Introduction: Prevention of tuberculosis disease through diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection is critical for achieving tuberculosis elimination in the U.S.
Laura A. Vonnahme, MPH +10 more
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Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2022 Background: Active tuberculosis in transplant recipients can result from latent infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in the transplant recipients, donor tissue, or de novo post-transplant infection.
Suresh Maharjan +4 more
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Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection [PDF]
Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases, 2017 The treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is an essential component of tuberculosis (TB) elimination in regions that have a low incidence of TB. However, the decision to treat individuals with LTBI must consider the limitations of current diagnostic tests for LTBI, the risk of developing active TB disease, the potential adverse effects from
Tang, Patrick, Johnston, James
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Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2023 Relevance. In connection with the advent of new diagnostic immunological tests, it became possible to determine a potential focus of infection not only through the identification of patients with tuberculosis, but also through the identification of ...
G. S. Oganezova +3 more
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Determination of Urinary Neopterin/Creatinine Ratio to Distinguish Active Tuberculosis from Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Biomarkers to distinguish latent from active Mycobacterium (M.) tuberculosis infection in clinical practice are lacking. The urinary neopterin/creatinine ratio can quantify the systemic interferon-gamma effect in patients with M. tuberculosis
Eisenhut, M +5 more
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Cost-effectiveness of post-landing latent tuberculosis infection control strategies in new migrants to Canada. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The majority of tuberculosis in migrants to Canada occurs due to reactivation of latent TB infection. Risk of tuberculosis in those with latent tuberculosis infection can be significantly reduced with treatment.
Jonathon R Campbell +5 more
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