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Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Microbiology Spectrum, 2017
ABSTRACT For 2015, tuberculosis (TB) incidence in the United States has plateaued at 3.0 per 100,000. This remains the lowest case rate since recording started. On the global level, although the TB epidemic is larger than previously estimated, TB deaths and incidence rate continue to fall.
Alfred A, Lardizabal, Lee B, Reichman
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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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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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Optimal Control of Tuberculosis: A Review

, 2014
We review the optimal control of systems modeling the dynamics of tuberculosis. Time dependent control functions are introduced in the mathematical models, representing strategies for the improvement of the treatment and cure of active infectious and/or ...
Silva, Cristiana J., Torres, Delfim F. M.   +1 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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Immunological assays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection at the beginning of 21st century [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2010
A subject infected by tubercle bacilli may immediately develop the disease (primary tuberculosis), witch occurs in a few number of infected persons, or may overcome the primary infection (a latent carrier of the infection).
Kašiković-Lečić Svetlana, Pavlović Slobodan, Kuruc Vesna, Ilić Miroslav   +3 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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Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Inebilizumab Versus Rituximab in AQP4‐IgG‐Positive NMOSD

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rituximab (anti‐CD20, RTX) and inebilizumab (anti‐CD19, INE) represent B‐cell‐depleting therapies used for aquaporin‐4 antibody‐positive (AQP4‐IgG+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); however, direct comparative evidence remains limited.
Jie Lin, Binbin Xue, Dewei Xie, Jia Li, Juyuan Pan, Lanbing Zhu, Qiaowen Tong, Jing Lin, Ruofan Zhu, Xu Zhang, Junhui Xia, Xiang Li   +11 more
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Gene expression in peripheral blood cells for differentiation of active and latent tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2020
The objective: to analyze the expression of certain genes in the blood cells of children and adolescence to differentiate the active and latent phases of tuberculosis infection.Subjects and methods.
A. A. Elov, M. A. Vladimirskiy, S. V. Smerdin, O. I. Elufimova   +3 more
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