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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among participants of the national LTBI screening program in South Korea – A problem of low coverage rate with current LTBI strategy

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe Government of South Korea launched a national preemptive latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening program in 2016, including more than 1. 6 million population in congregate settings. The objective of this study was to analyze LTBI prevalence and its risk factors in each setting.
Hyung Woo Kim, Jinsoo Min, Joon Young Choi, Ah Young Shin, Jun-Pyo Myong, Yunhee Lee, Hyeon Woo Yim, Hyunsuk Jeong, Sanghyuk Bae, Hoyong Choi, Hyekyung In, Ahyoung Park, Miri Jang, Hyeon-Kyoung Koo, Sung-Soon Lee, Jae Seuk Park, Ju Sang Kim   +16 more
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The Prevalence and Demographic Risk Factors for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) Among Healthcare Workers in Semarang, Indonesia

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2020
Meira Erawati, Megah Andriany Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Meira ErawatiDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro, Jl. Prof.
Erawati M, Andriany M
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Latent TB Infection (LTBI) – Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis and the dynamics of the granuloma battleground [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is established in over 90% of persons infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), from whom new active TB cases will arise. Understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics of host immune responses in LTBI granulomas is essential to designing effective post-exposure therapies that inhibit progression to TB ...
Martin Rao, Giuseppe Ippolito, Sayoki Mfinanga, Francine Ntoumi, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Cristina Vilaplana, Alimuddin Zumla, Markus Maeurer   +7 more
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Cost-Effectiveness of LTBI Treatment for TB Contacts in British Columbia

Value in Health, 2008
Contacts of patients with active tuberculosis ("TB contacts") with a tuberculin skin test (TST) size > or = 5 mm are currently recommended treatment for latent TB infection (LTBI). Knowing the cost-effectiveness of LTBI therapy for specific TB contact subpopulations may improve the use of limited resources by reducing the treatment of persons at low TB
Tan, Michael C., Marra, Carlo A., Sadatsafavi, Mohsen, Marra, Fawziah, Morán-Mendoza, Onofre, Moadebi, Susanne, Elwood, R. Kevin, FitzGerald, J. Mark   +7 more
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Enhanced cost-benefit analysis of strategies for LTBI screening and INH chemoprevention in Germany [PDF]

Respiratory Medicine, 2009
There is only limited economic data in head-to head comparison between a whole blood QuantiFERON TB Gold in tube (QFT) and the tuberculin skin test (TST) when screening and treating for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), and no published study to date that takes into account the predictive value of the two tests.Health and economic outcomes of ...
Diel, R., Schaberg, T., Loddenkemper, R., Welte, T., Nienhaus, A.   +4 more
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Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in health-care workers: a cross-sectional study at a northern Peruvian hospital

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) have a higher risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and active tuberculosis than the general population.
E. Meregildo-Rodríguez, Verónica Yuptón-Chávez, Martha Genara Asmat-Rubio, G. Vásquez-Tirado   +3 more
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Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) in Mexican Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

Cureus, 2023
Introduction: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of developing tuberculosis, and even more so if they receive biological agents.
Abel Eduardo Zavala del Ángel, J. Morales-Romero, R. Zenteno-Cuevas, José Antonio Enciso Moreno, M. Mata Miranda, Jorge Luis Martínez Zapata, Clara Luz Sampieri Ramírez, María Gabriela Nachón García, María Sobeida Leticia Blázquez Morales, M. T. Álvarez-Bañuelos, José Artemio Cruz López, Verónica Patricia Demeneghi-Marini, L. González-López, J. Gámez-Nava   +13 more
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Treating latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) with isoniazid and rifapentine (3HP) in an inner-city population with psychosocial barriers to treatment adherence: A qualitative descriptive study

PLOS Global Public Health, 2021
In Canada, preventive therapy for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has required multiple doses of medication over an extended period of time. Such regimens are associated with poor adherence and completion rates. A shortened treatment regimen of once
Amber Heyd, C. Heffernan, K. Storey, T. Wild, R. Long   +4 more
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Uneinheitliche Standards beim Tuberkulose‐Screening und der präventiven Tuberkulosetherapie vor Beginn einer systemischen Psoriasistherapie [PDF]

J Dtsch Dermatol Ges
Zusammenfassung Hintergrund und Ziele Die präventive Therapie einer Tuberkulose (TB) vor der Einleitung von Methotrexat (MTX) oder IL‐17/IL‐23/IL‐12/23p40‐Inhibitoren bei latenter Tuberkuloseinfektion (LTBI) wird indirekt durch ein nachweislich erhöhtes TB‐Reaktivierungsrisiko unter TNF‐Inhibitoren gestützt.
Zeyen C, Heuer R, Haecker B, Schaberg T, Nast A.   +4 more
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The diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI): currently available tests, future developments, and perspectives to eliminate tuberculosis (TB)

La Medicina del lavoro, 2020
Introduction: Despite great efforts, tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health threat worldwide. For decades, TB control programs have focused almost exclusively on infectious TB active cases. However, it is evident that this strategy alone cannot
J. Zellweger, G. Sotgiu, M. Corradi, P. Durando   +3 more
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