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Study of the possibility of improving the differentiation of latent and active tuberculosis infection

Buletinul Academiei de Ştiinţe a Moldovei: Ştiinţe Medicale, 2019
Latent TB infection (LTI)-asymptomatic nontransmissiv tuberculosis infection with hidden persistence of M.tuberculosis in host organism. The problem of detection of latent tuberculosis infection is very urgent and difficult task.
Zyifi Kadimova
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Latent and Active Tuberculosis Infection Increase Immune Activation in Individuals Co-Infected with HIV

EBioMedicine, 2015
In recent years, chronic immune activation and systemic inflammation have emerged as hallmarks of HIV disease progression and mortality. Several studies indicate that soluble inflammatory biomarkers (sCD14, IL-6, IL-8, CRP and hyaluronic acid), as well ...
Zuri A. Sullivan, Emily B. Wong, Thumbi Ndung'u, Victoria O. Kasprowicz, William R. Bishai   +4 more
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Latent tuberculosis infection screening in healthcare workers in four large hospitals in Santiago, Chile [PDF]

, 2014
Indexación: Web of Science; Scielo.Introducción: Se desconoce en la actualidad cuál es la real prevalencia de infección tuberculosa latente en el personal de salud en Chile; sin embargo, este grupo ha sido descrito como con mayor riesgo de desarrollar ...
Balcells, M. Elvira, Casar, Carlos, García, Patricia, Gómez-Cofré, Natalia, Hernández, Mariluz, Mamani, Nora, Morales, Verónica, Pizarro, Patricia   +7 more
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Lung organoids as a human system for Mycobacteria infection modeling and drug testing

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Mycobacterial infections, including tuberculosis (TB) and infections by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), are still public health issues. In 2023, TB caused 1.25 million deaths, while NTM remain a clinical challenge for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).
Stephen Adonai Leon‐Icaza, Romain Vergé, Raoul Mazars, Laurence Berry, Céline Cougoule   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathogenesis, Immunology, and Diagnosis of Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Clinical and Developmental Immunology, 2011
Phagocytosis of tubercle bacilli by antigen-presenting cells in human lung alveoli initiates a complex infection process by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a potentially protective immune response by the host. M.
Suhail Ahmad
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Assessment of Knowledge and Preventive Practices on Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Nursing staff at a Tertiary Care Centre at Goa [PDF]

Healthline
Introduction: Latent tuberculosis infection presents with no symptoms. All nursing staff who work closely with patients must possess the appropriate knowledge and follow the right preventive practices to avoid latent tuberculosis infection.
Aswin V.C., Vanita G. Pinto Da Silva, Sandeep Patnaik, Apoorva Hallur, Yamesh Vidyadhar Tari   +4 more
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Comparison between Quanti-FERON-TB Gold In-Tube test and tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in children: A cross-section study

Journal of Acute Disease, 2020
Objective: To compare Quanti-FERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT- GIT) test and tuberculin skin test (TST) for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children.
Keyghobad Ghadiri, Alisha Akya, Maryam Janatolmakan, Mansour Rezaei, Seyed Amirabbas Sharif, Shahla Masoomshahi, Raha Khosravi, Roya chegenelorestani   +7 more
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Association between latent tuberculosis and ischemic heart disease: a hospital-based cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Atherosclerosis could be a sequela of long-term activation of cell-mediated immunity as the case of latent tuberculosis infection. Atherosclerosis is the main pathological event in ischemic heart disease.
Emad Ali Al Khoufi
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Extracellular matrix and proteolysis: mechanisms driving irreversible changes and shaping cell behavior

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Irreversible ECM proteolysis by remodeling enzymes shapes development, homeostasis, and disease. ECM‐degrading proteases display cell specificity and are governed by shared mechanisms, exhibiting functional redundancy in generating matrikines, growth factors, and cytokines.
Inna Solomonov, Orit Kollet, Irit Sagi
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
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