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Diagnostic Tests for Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2019Diagnosing latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) is important globally for TB prevention. LTBI diagnosis requires a positive test for infection and negative evaluation for active disease. Current tests measure an immunologic response and include the tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), T-SPOT.TB and QuantiFERON ...
Michelle K, Haas, Robert W, Belknap
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Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
JAMA, 2005IN 2003, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORTED 8.8 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, nearly half of them presenting with an infectious form of disease, and resulting in 1.7 million deaths from TB. Since TB transmission occurs before diagnosis in the index case, even when an optimal TB control program is in place, new and undiagnosed cases ...
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Advances in the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2013Accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) infection is an important component of tuberculosis control programs in many countries. Identification of persons with asymptomatic, or latent, tuberculosis infection allows for treatment of individuals at high risk for progressing to active disease so that the overall burden of tuberculosis disease is diminished.
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Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Tuberculosis Clinic
Archivos de Bronconeumología (English Edition), 2018María Ángeles, Jiménez-Fuentes +3 more
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021Amit S, Chitnis +3 more
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Immigration screening for latent tuberculosis infection
Medical Journal of Australia, 2013David W J, Griffin, Mark D, Kelly
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Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
New England Journal of Medicine, 2015Haileyesus Getahun +2 more
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