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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 Tropical
Background: 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, Melina Mafra Toledo, Ivan Ricardo Zimmermann, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo, Noemia Urruth Leão Tavares   +4 more
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Analysis of host responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in a multi-site study of subjects with different TB and HIV infection states in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health threat with 9 million new cases and 1.4 million deaths per year. In order to develop a protective vaccine, we need to define the antigens expressed by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), which are ...
Kaufmann, S.H.E., Ambrose, Lyn R., Gomez, M., Martin Ota (198869), Lalor, M., Donkor Simon, Novel N Chegou, Kees Franken, Willem Hanekom (23103), Gerhard Walzl (149313), Mihret, A., Crampin, Amelia C, Simon Donkor (343534), Parida, S., Thiel Bonnie A., Hazel M Dockrell, Hanekom, Willem, GCGH Biomarkers for TB consortium, Amelia C Crampin, Parida, Shreemanta K., Kassa, Desta, Loxton, Andre G., Gomez, M.P., Martin Ota, Crampin, Amelia C., Loxton, Andre G, Rawleigh Howe (456745), Hanekom Willem, Parida Shreemanta K., W. Henry Boom (125099), Simon Donkor, Lalor, Maeve K., Ambrose, Lyn R, Andre G. Loxton (160294), Howe Rawleigh, Dockrell Hazel M., Kassa Desta, Gomez, Marie P., Boom, W. Henry, Sutherland, Jayne S, Franken Kees, Ota, Martin, Stefan H E Kaufmann, GCGH Biomarkers TB Consortium, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann (149315), Walzl, G., Crampin, A.C., Mayanja-Kizza Harriet, Sutherland, Jayne S., Michel R. Klein (160302), Lalor Maeve K., Black, Gillian F, Chegou Novel N., Black, G., Harriet Mayanja-Kizza (78637), Donkor, S., Maeve K Lalor, Gomez Marie P., Boom, W.H., Donkor, Simon, Kassa, D., Loxton, A.G., Kees Franken (456747), Amelia C. Crampin (239427), Ambrose, L.R., Desta Kassa (456743), Crampin, A., Black, Gillian F., Thiel, Bonnie A., Ambrose Lyn R., Dockrell, Hazel M., Lyn R Ambrose, Adane Mihret, Hazel M. Dockrell (255469), Klein Michel R., Parida, Shreemanta K, Franken, K., Dockrell, H.M., Walzl Gerhard, Kaufmann, Stefan H.E., Boom, W Henry, Shreemanta K. Parida (149299), Klein, Michel R., Chegou, Novel N, Klein, M.R., Bonnie A Thiel, Lyn R. Ambrose (456742), Ota Martin, Thiel, B.A., Andre G Loxton, Sutherland, J., Shreemanta K Parida, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Ottenhoff Tom H. M., Ota, M., Loxton, A., Howe, R., Mayanja-Kizza, H., Ottenhoff, Tom HM, Tom H M Ottenhoff, Cardona, Pere-Joan, Ottenhoff, T.H.M., Willem Hanekom, Crampin Amelia C., Gomez, Marie P, Novel N. Chegou (160288), Chegou, Novel N., Klein, M., Sutherland, J.S., Lalor, M.K., Thiel, Bonnie A, Bonnie A. Thiel (456748), Maeve K. Lalor (356874), Ottenhoff, T., Walzl, Gerhard, Gillian F. Black (149301), Boom W. Henry, Ambrose, L., Hanekom, W., Marie P Gomez, Lalor, Maeve K, Adane Mihret (456744), Chegou, N.N., Marie P. Gomez (456746), Jayne S Sutherland, Sutherland Jayne S., Klein, Michel R, Chegou, N., Jayne S. Sutherland (334202), Kaufmann, Stefan HE, Parida, S.K., Mihret Adane, Kaufmann Stefan H. E., Ottenhoff, Tom H.M., W Henry Boom, Rawleigh Howe, Thiel, B., Gerhard Walzl, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff (160303), Gillian F Black, Dockrell, H., Black Gillian F., Howe, Rawleigh, Boom, W., Black, G.F., Loxton Andre G., Desta Kassa, Ottenhoff, Tom H M, Kaufmann, S., Mihret, Adane, Franken, Kees, Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet, Michel R Klein, Kaufmann, Stefan H E, Dockrell, Hazel M   +154 more
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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis in homeless persons: A single-centre cross-sectional study, Germany.

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, Christoph Bartels, Thorsten Kuczius, Christoph Cassier, Joachim Gardemann, Frieder Schaumburg   +5 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, Jan Kazimierz Karczewski, Iwona Gładysz   +2 more
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The human immune response to tuberculosis and its treatment: a view from the blood. [PDF]

, 2015
The immune response upon infection with the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis is poorly understood, hampering the discovery of new treatments and the improvements in diagnosis.
van Helden, Paul, van Helden, P., Cliff, Jacqueline M, Kaufmann, Stefan HE, O'Garra, Anne, Kaufmann, S., McShane, H., O'Garra, A., Cliff, J., McShane, Helen   +9 more
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INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE IMMUNOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN CONTACTS OF THE CENTERS OF TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION

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, I. M. Franchuk, Ye. D. Kampos, A. V. Konstantinova, O. V. Ilyina   +4 more
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Analisis Sensitivitas dan Kestabilan Global Model Pengendalian Tuberkulosis dengan Vaksinasi, Latensi dan Perawatan Infeksi

Kubik, 2022
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis which attacks the lungs. Tuberculosis or TB is one of the diseases with the highest mortality rate in the world. In this article, we will examine the sensitivity and
Della Isna Amatillah, Fadilah Ilahi, Mia Siti Khumaeroh   +2 more
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Safety of Interleukin Inhibitors in Psoriatic Patients with Latent Tuberculosis Infection Without Chemoprophylaxis: A Systematic Review

Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Current 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, Xin Xiang, Zhaoyang Wang, Chaoyang Miao, Yunliu Chen, Zigang Xu   +5 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in Malaysia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011
Background Health care workers are exposed to patients with tuberculosis and are at risk of nosocomial infection. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in
Rampal Krishna, Rafiza Shaharudin, Tahir Aris   +2 more
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Screening for tuberculosis of patients with HIV-infection. New possibilities

Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2022
Background. Tuberculosis associated with HIV infection is becoming almost a new disease, where not only new approaches to treatment are being formed, but there is also a need to improve the quality and search for new means of early diagnosis of ...
E. A. Borodulina, D. A. Kudlay, A. N. Kuznetsova   +2 more
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