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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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Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children [PDF]

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2013
Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is an effective way of preventing future cases of tuberculosis disease. We review pediatric and adult studies of LTBI treatment (isoniazid and rifampin monotherapy, isoniazid plus rifampin, isoniazid plus rifapentine, and rifampin plus pyrazinamide).
Andrea T, Cruz, Amina, Ahmed, Anna M, Mandalakas, Jeffrey R, Starke   +3 more
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Tuberculosis contact tracing among children and adolescent referred to children's hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Objective: To describe the investigation of latent tuberculosis infection and indication for isoniazid preventive therapy in children and adolescents evaluated at the children's hospital. Methods: This retrospective study examines all latent tuberculosis
Angela Marcia Cabral Mendonça, Afrânio Lineu Kritski, Clemax Couto Sant’Anna   +2 more
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Association between hematological inflammatory markers and latent TB infection: insights from NHANES 2011–2012 and transcriptomic data

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
BackgroundLatent tuberculosis infection affects about one-quarter of the global population and can progress to active tuberculosis. Hematological inflammatory markers, such as the systemic immune-inflammation index, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio ...
Yang Liu, Chunyan He, He Zhao, Weiyao Zhong, Shihua Sun, Zhuo Li, Jingwei Shi   +6 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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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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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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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) at Madura Boarding School as a High-Risk Congregate Setting

Juxta: Jurnal Ilmiah Mahasiswa Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), is a highly contagious airborne disease. High-risk environments with frequent close interactions contribute to the spread of TB.
Muhammad Arif Ananto, Retno Asih Setyoningrum, Pudji Lestari   +2 more
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection Care [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2022
Katherine M Gaskell, Timesh D Pillay, James Brown, Moerida Belton, Stephen O Mepham, David A J Moore, Marc Lipman   +6 more
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