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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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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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Lack of immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosR regulon proteins following Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination. [PDF]

, 2007
Mycobacterium bovis BCG is widely used as a vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), despite its variable protective efficacy. Relatively little is known about the immune response profiles following BCG vaccination in relation to protection against TB. Here we
Klein, Michèl R, Friggen, Annemieke H, Geluk, Annemieke, Lin, May Young, Verduyn, Marleen JC, Voskuil, Martin I, Huygen, Kris, Franken, Kees LMC, Smith, Steven G, van Meijgaarden, Krista E, Dockrell, Hazel M, Stewart, Amanda L, Ottenhoff, Tom HM   +12 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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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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Characterization of CD8 T cell responses in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infection [PDF]

, 2011
The aim of this project was to compare the breadth and magnitude of CFP10 and ESAT6-specific CD8 T cell responses in individuals with latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection (LTBI) and active TB disease, and further define MTB-specific CD8 T ...
Moshi, Noell Dominika
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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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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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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 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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