Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Young Children: Analyzing the Performance of the Diagnostic Tests [PDF]
, 2015 This study evaluated the performance of the Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) and Quantiferon-TB Gold in-Tube (QFT) and the possible association of factors which may modify their results in young children (0-6 years) with recent contact with an index ...
Abellana Sangrà, Rosa Mari +10 more
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Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Students of Healthcare Professions and Postgraduates of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Palermo [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction and objective: Italy is a country with a low incidence of tuberculosis and in the last fifty years the annual number of TB cases decreased from 12,247 to 4,418, showing a reduction of approximately 64% in the number of cases and 71% in ...
Amodio, E. +4 more
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Elevated Rates of Indeterminate Results on QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus in COVID-19 Patients. [PDF]
J Clin Microbiol, 2021 Interferon gamma release assays are used to screen various patient populations for latent tuberculosis infection. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology , Ward et al. (J Clin Microbiol 59:e00811-21, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00811-21 ) investigated an increased ...
Shier KL.
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, 2009 Purpose of reviewIntestinal tuberculosis (TB) is increasing due partly to the HIV pandemic. Its clinical presentation mimics inflammatory conditions such as Crohn's disease and malignancies, which are becoming more prevalent, so the diagnosis is ...
Donoghue, HD, Holton, J
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Resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among highly TB exposed South African gold miners
PLoS ONE, 2022 Background Despite high exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a small proportion of South African goldminers resist TB infection. We determined, among long-service gold miners i) the proportion who were TB uninfected and ii) epidemiological factors ...
Violet N. Chihota +9 more
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Intracranial tuberculous mass lesions treated with thalidomide in an immunocompetent child from a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report [PDF]
, 2018 Rationale: Tuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Patient concern: We describe a case of an Italian child. Diagnoses: we diagnosed early a Tuberculous meningitis complicated by the occurrence of hydrocephalus, stroke, and ...
Ajassa, Camilla +8 more
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Migrant Agricultural Community in Baja California, Mexico [PDF]
, 2010 The objectives were to estimate the prevalence and identify correlates of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among residents of a migrant agricultural community in San Quintín, Baja-California, Mexico.
Richard S. Garfein +9 more
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QuantiFERON-TB®Gold Plus as a potential tuberculosis treatment monitoring tool [PDF]
European Respiratory Journal, 2017 The surrogate CD8 response of QuantiFERON-TB Plus is a potential monitoring aid during treatment for active TBhttp://ow.ly ...
Arisu, Kamada, Masaru, Amishima
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Scientific Reports, 2023 To estimate the costs and benefits of screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in a migrant population in Malaysia. An economic model was developed from a Malaysian healthcare perspective to compare QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QuantiFERON) with ...
Erin Barker +8 more
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2020 The QuantiFERON-TB Gold plus (QFT-Plus) assay, an interferon gamma (IFN-γ) release assay (IGRA), was recently introduced as the next version of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) assay for diagnosing latent tuberculosis (TB). Whereas the QFT-GIT assay uses only one TB tube that induces a cell-mediated immune (CMI) response of CD4
Dongju Won +3 more
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