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[Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI): What happens at 5 years of the 155 LTBI recent contacts of tuberculosis with positive microscopic examination?]

Revue des maladies respiratoires, 2021
Contacts of individuals with tuberculosis are at risk of latent infection (LTBI), which can progress to active tuberculosis. The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of tuberculosis in contacts and its risk factors in subjects with LTBI.This retrospective study from the tuberculosis control centre in Guadeloupe identified smear-positive ...
G, Cadelis, B, Jelli
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High LTBI positivity rates due to methotrexate. False Positives?

Tuberculosis, 2017
Introduction: Patients with Rheumathoid Arthritis (RA) have far higher percentages of positive Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) results compared with the Interferon Gamma Release assays (IGRA). Objetive: To determine the influence of different treatments used in patients with rheumatic diseases on the performance of LTBI screening tests.
Miguel Arias Guillen, Marta María Sánchez-Menéndez, Sabino Riestra-Menéndez, Javier Ballina García, Celso Alvarez Alvarez, Teresa González-Budiño, Susana Martínez-González, Ana Isabel Enríquez, Rebeca Alonso-Arias, Juan José Palacios Gutiérrez, Pablo Martínez Camblor, Miguel Santibáñez, Lucía García-Alfonso, Isla Morante, Patricio Escalante   +14 more
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Latent TB (LTBI) treatment: Challenges in India with an eye on 2025: "To Treat LTBI or not to treat, that is the question".

The Indian journal of tuberculosis, 2021
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is defined as a consistent immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens without evidence of clinically evident active tuberculosis (TB). Diagnosis and treatment for LTBI are important for TB, especially in high-risk populations especially in high prevalent country like India. Tuberculin skin test (TST) and
Sanjay, Rajpal, V K, Arora
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IGRA u dijagnostici LTBI

2010
Prikazane su najvažnije osobitosti IGRA testova, analizirane prednosti i nedostaci u odnosu na tuberkulinski test te izdane preporuke za korištenje testova.
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Relation Risk Factors with Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) in HIV Patients

Advanced Science Letters, 2018
null Reviono, null Harsini, D Irwandi
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LTBI Screening Before Biologics: Why Chest X-ray Still Matters

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
The recent correspondence by Pender et al. suggested that chest X-ray (CXR) may not be necessary for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening prior to biologic therapy.
Sibel Altunisik Toplu, Nihal Altunisik, Dursun Turkmen   +2 more
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LTBI - MDR/XDR-TB cases - should all be treated?

Tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases, 2021
Ricardo José Pereira De Matos Cordeiro, Maria João Cavaco, Carina Rolo Silvestre, André Nunes, Joao Araújo, Paula Raimundo, Daniel Duarte, Carla Cardoso, Natalia André, Rita Macedo, António Domingos   +10 more
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Migrant screening for tuberculosis and LTBI in Europe

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2017
Jean-Pierre, Zellweger, Drew L, Posey
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The Global Expansion of LTBI Screening and Treatment Programs: Exploring Gaps in the Supporting Economic Evidence

Pathogens, 2023
Suvesh Shrestha, Alice Zwerling
exaly  

Evaluation of IP-10 in IGRA for LTBI diagnosis

Tuberculosis, 2018
Linda Petrone, Elisa Petruccioli, Valentina Vanini, Teresa Chiacchio, Gilda Cuzzi, Fabrizio Palmieri, Giuseppe Ippolito, Delia Goletti   +7 more
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