Outcomes of latent tuberculosis infection treatment in Istanbul
International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2022 Background and Aim: Increasing the extensity of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) treatment which is one of the important parameters of tuberculosis (TB) control and completing the treatment in success are important.
Abdullah Emre Güner +6 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background Healthcare workers in high tuberculosis burdened countries are occupationally exposed to the tuberculosis disease with uncomplicated and complicated tuberculosis on the increase among them.
Celso Belo, Saloshni Naidoo
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Healthcare Students and Postgraduates in a Mediterranean Italian Area: What Correlation with Work Exposure? [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Tuberculosis screening is part of the standard protocol for evaluating the risk of infection in healthcare workers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among students attending various ...
Antonina Ciccarello +4 more
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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
, 2022 Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana +6 more
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Latent tuberculosis infection among medical students in Malaysia
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2019 Objective: This study aimed to determine prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among medical students and tuberculosis exposure at the health facilities.
Maha Abdullah +7 more
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Determinants of latent tuberculosis infection among nurses at public health centers in Indonesia
Belitung Nursing Journal, 2021 Background: The incidence of latent tuberculosis among healthcare workers, especially nurses, at public health centers in Indonesia has been increased. Therefore, factors related to the tuberculosis incidence need to be further investigated. Objective:
Meira Erawati, Megah Andriany
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dormancy: How to Fight a Hidden Danger
Microorganisms, 2022 Both latent and active TB infections are caused by a heterogeneous population of mycobacteria, which includes actively replicating and dormant bacilli in different proportions. Dormancy substantially affects M. tuberculosis drug tolerance and TB clinical
Elena G. Salina, Vadim Makarov
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Viewpoint: Scientific dogmas, paradoxes and mysteries of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection [PDF]
, 2011 Worldwide, there are nearly 10 million new cases of active TB and 1.8 million associated deaths every year. WHO estimates that one-third of the world’s population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), forming a huge latent Mtb global ...
Argyrou +27 more
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From Latent Tuberculosis Infection to Tuberculosis. News in Diagnosticsb (QuantiFERON-Plus) [PDF]
Polish Journal of Microbiology, 2017 It is estimated that one third of the world’s population have latent tuberculosis infection and that this is a significant reservoir for future tuberculosis cases. Most cases occur within two years following initial infection. The identification of
Dagmara I. Borkowska +5 more
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Effect of HIV-1 infection on T-Cell-based and skin test detection of tuberculosis infection [PDF]
, 2007 RATIONALE: Two forms of the IFN-gamma release assay (IFNGRA) to detect tuberculosis infection are available, but neither has been evaluated in comparable HIV-infected and uninfected persons in a high tuberculosis incidence environment.
Connell, Tom G +11 more
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