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Steroids Decrease Prevalence of Positive Tuberculin Skin Test in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Implications on Anti-TNF Therapies [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2014
Tuberculin skin test has been used as an indicator of latent tuberculosis in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) before administration of biologicals.
Shweta Agarwal, Siddharth Kumar Das, Girdhar G. Agarwal, Ragini Srivastava   +3 more
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A Comparison of Two-Step Tuberculin Skin Test between Health-Care Workers and Nonhospital Employees [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2010
Background: The tuberculin test is widely used to identify tuberculosisinfection. Some individuals infected with Mycobacteriumtuberculosis may have an initial negative skin test reactionto tuberculin. The two step purified protein derivative skin testcan
Iraj Nikokar, Ameneh Dadgran, Lida Mafozei   +2 more
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Granuloma annulare: relationship to diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders and tuberculin skin test

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017
Pedram Alirezaei, Mahmood Farshchian Department of Dermatology, Psoriasis Research Center, Farshchian Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Background: Granuloma annulare is a benign inflammatory disease of the skin.
Alirezaei P, Farshchian M
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PREVALENCE OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AMONG CHILDREN AT THE RESERVOIRS OF INFECTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN

Паёми Сино, 2021
Objective: To study the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the infection reservoirs in the Republic of Tajikistan among children and the impact of BCG vaccination assessed by tuberculin skin test.
O.I. BOBOKHOJAEV, U.YU. SIRODJIDINOVA, S.M. SAYDALIEV, R.S. BOZOROVA   +3 more
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Interferon-gamma release assays and tuberculin skin testing for diagnosing latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in at-risk groups in Poland

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2016
Objective/Background: The diagnostics of latent tuberculosis infection in Poland using the tuberculin skin test is challenging due to the obligatory Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccinations.
Katarzyna Kruczak, Lucyna Mastalerz, Krzysztof Sładek   +2 more
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Defining an intermediate category of tuberculin skin test: A mixture model analysis of two high-risk populations from Kampala, Uganda.

PLoS ONE, 2021
One principle of tuberculosis control is to prevent the development of tuberculosis disease by treating individuals with latent tuberculosis infection.
Henok G Woldu, Sarah Zalwango, Leonardo Martinez, María Eugenia Castellanos, Robert Kakaire, Juliet N Sekandi, Noah Kiwanuka, Christopher C Whalen   +7 more
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Determining Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among BCG-immunised Ugandan children by T-SPOT.TB and tuberculin skin testing. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Children with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) represent a huge reservoir for future disease. We wished to determine Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection prevalence among BCG-immunised five-year-old children in Entebbe, Uganda, but
Webb, Emily L, Gyaviira Nkurunungi, Muhangi Lawrence, Cose Stephen, Joseph R Fitchett, Akurut, Hellen, Elliott Alison M., Kizito Dennison, Kizindo Robert, Muhangi, Lawrence, Swaib A Lule, Lawrence Muhangi, Alison M Elliott, Akurut Hellen, Hellen Akurut, Robert Kizindo, Sebina, Ismail, Cose, Stephen, Elliott, Alison M, Nkurunungi Gyaviira, Kizito, Dennison, Fitchett, Joseph R, Sebina Ismail, Kizindo, Robert, Emily L Webb, Webb Emily L., Lutangira Jimreeves E., Jimreeves E Lutangira, Lule Swaib A., Stephen Cose, Lule, Swaib A, Dennison Kizito, Fitchett Joseph R., Nkurunungi, Gyaviira, Lutangira, Jimreeves E, Ismail Sebina   +35 more
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Using ELISPOT to expose false positive skin test conversion in tuberculosis contacts.

PLoS ONE, 2007
BackgroundRepeat tuberculin skin tests may be false positive due to boosting of waned immunity to past mycobacterial exposure. We evaluated whether an ELISPOT test could identify tuberculosis (TB) contacts with boosting of immunity to non-tuberculous ...
Philip C Hill, David J Jeffries, Roger H Brookes, Annette Fox, Dolly Jackson-Sillah, Moses D Lugos, Simon A Donkor, Bouke C de Jong, Tumani Corrah, Richard A Adegbola, Keith P McAdam   +10 more
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Transcriptional profiling of innate and adaptive human immune responses to mycobacteria in the tuberculin skin test [PDF]

, 2011
The tuberculin skin test (TST) is a model of integrated innate and adaptive human immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but the component processes that are involved in this model have not previously been defined in vivo.
Tsang, Jhen, Elkington, Paul T. G., Tamaryn J. Cashmore, Lehloenya, Rannakoe J, Chain, Benjamin M, Keertan Dheda, Katz, David R, Yates, John, Benjamin M. Chain, Cashmore, Tamaryn J, Robert F. Miller, Elkington, Paul TG, Cashmore, Tamaryn J., Gillian S. Tomlinson, Michael Brown, David R. Katz, Brown, Michael, Miller, Robert F, Paul T. G. Elkington, Lehloenya, Rannakoe J., Rannakoe J. Lehloenya, Miller, Robert F., Dheda, Keertan, Noursadeghi, Mahdad, Mahdad Noursadeghi, Tomlinson, Gillian S., Tomlinson, Gillian S, John Yates, Chain, Benjamin M., Katz, David R., Jhen Tsang   +30 more
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A simple protocol for tuberculin skin test reading certification

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2021
Although tuberculosis preventive therapy is one of the cornerstones for eliminating the disease, many barriers exist in the cascade of care for latent tuberculosis infection, including the need to certify healthcare professionals for reading tuberculin ...
Lara de Lima Gloria, Mayara Lisboa Bastos, Bráulio dos Santos Júnior, Anete Trajman   +3 more
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