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PLoS ONE, 2021 One principle of tuberculosis control is to prevent the development of tuberculosis disease by treating individuals with latent tuberculosis infection.
Henok G Woldu +7 more
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Tuberculosis State Is Associated with Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Sputum Macrophages
mSphere, 2017 During tuberculosis, macrophages are critical for both pathogen survival and host immune activation. Since expression of particular cell surface markers reflects cell function, we used flow cytometry to measure the abundance of surface markers associated
Karim Lakehal +7 more
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Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD8 T-cells in patients with active tuberculosis and in individuals with latent infection. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 CD8 T-cells contribute to control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, but little is known about the quality of the CD8 T-cell response in subjects with latent infection and in patients with active tuberculosis disease.
Nadia Caccamo +14 more
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Tuberculosis Infection and Latent Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 2016 Active tuberculosis (TB) has a greater burden of TB bacilli than latent TB and acts as an infection source for contacts. Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the state in which humans are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis without any clinical symptoms, radiological abnormality, or microbiological evidence.
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Latent tuberculosis infection: An overview
Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2017 Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is defined as a state of persistent immune response to stimulation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens without evidence of clinically manifested active tuberculosis (TB) disease. Individuals with LTBI represent a reservoir for active TB cases.
S, Kiazyk, T B, Ball
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Isoniazid use, effectiveness, and safety for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection: a systematic review [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalBackground: The treatment strategy for latent tuberculosis infection is to reduce the number of tuberculosis cases and consequently reduce the transmission of pathogenic bacteria. This study aimed to determine the safety, effectiveness, and adherence of
Bárbara Manuella Cardoso Sodré-Alves +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 PURPOSE:Homeless persons have a high risk for tuberculosis. The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and the risk for a progression to active tuberculosis is higher in the homeless than in the general population.
Friederike von Streit +5 more
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Медицинский вестник Юга России, 2015 Purpose: comparative estimation of the efficacy of Mantoux test with 2 TE PPD-L, DiaskintestR, and QuantiFERONRTBGoldfor identification of active and latent tuberculosis infection at contact persons.Materials and Мethods: the study included 220 people ...
L. A. Shovkun +4 more
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Latent tuberculosis infection in the Polish prison staff
Medycyna Pracy, 2021 Background Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by acid-fast mycobacteria from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex group. The disease spreads when people with pulmonary tuberculosis excrete bacteria when they cough, sneeze, laugh or ...
Aneta Filipek-Czerska +2 more
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Acta Dermato-VenereologicaCurrent guidelines recommend psoriatic patients with latent tuberculosis infection undergo chemoprophylaxis prior to initiating any biologic. However, clinical studies indicate that interleukin (IL) inhibitors may not increase the risk of tuberculosis ...
Jiaying Li +5 more
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