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Latent tuberculosis infection: approach and therapeutic schemes

Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia, 2022
Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health problem. A priority objective is the implementation of early diagnosis, contact investigation and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) testing.
J. Fortún, E. Navas
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The Biological and Clinical Aspects of a Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by bacilli from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, remains a serious global public health problem, representing one of the main causes of death from infectious diseases.
N. Khabibullina, D. M. Kutuzova, I. Burmistrova, I. Lyadova   +3 more
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Acceptance and influencing factors of preventive treatment for latent tuberculosis infection: a review

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2023
Preventive treatment for latent tuberculosis infection is one of the key measures to achieve the goal of ending tuberculosis. Currently, the acceptance of preventive treatment among different populations is unclear.
Yemin YUAN, Shixue LI, Chengchao ZHOU
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Changes in the rate of bacillus tuberculosis infection in health workers in the first year of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kashan- Iran

Heliyon, 2023
Objective: This cohort study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mojgan Sehat, Reza Razzaghi, Mark Ghamsary, Monireh Faghir Ganji, Mojtaba Sehat   +4 more
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection among household contacts of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in South India

Tropical medicine & international health, 2021
We aimed to determine the prevalence and find the risk factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among the household contacts (HHC) of pulmonary TB patients.
Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, K. Ezhumalai, S. Murali, Sathish Rajaa, M. José, Abilasha Sathishkumar, Govindarajan Soundappan, C. Horsburgh, N. Hochberg, W. Johnson, S. Knudsen, P. Salgame, J. Ellner, S. Prakash Babu, S. Sarkar   +14 more
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Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2020

MMWR Recommendations and Reports, 2020
Comprehensive guidelines for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among persons living in the United States were last published in 2000 (American Thoracic Society. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 161:S221‐S247, 2000).
T. Sterling, Gibril J. Njie, Dominik Zenner, D. Cohn, R. Reves, Amina Ahmed, D. Menzies, C. Horsburgh, C. M. Crane, M. Burgos, P. Lobue, C. Winston, R. Belknap   +12 more
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Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection [PDF]

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2013
Treatment of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection is an important component of TB control programs in both high- and low-prevalence countries. Clinical trials of treatment of latent TB conducted over several decades have demonstrated that preventive treatment can reduce the risk of developing active TB up to 90%.
Madhavi J. Parekh, Neil W. Schluger
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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, Sule Kiziltas, Aylin Babalik, Esra Sahin, Al Sibel, Mine Safak, Zeki Kiliçaslan   +6 more
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The Global Burden of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Re-estimation Using Mathematical Modelling

PLoS Medicine, 2016
Background The existing estimate of the global burden of latent TB infection (LTBI) as “one-third” of the world population is nearly 20 y old. Given the importance of controlling LTBI as part of the End TB Strategy for eliminating TB by 2050, changes in ...
R. Houben, P. Dodd
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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury

, 2022
Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana, Iris Liou, Adrian Reuben, Ayako Suzuki, M. Isabel Fiel, William Lee, Victor Navarro   +6 more
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