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Cost-effectiveness of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube versus tuberculin skin test for diagnosis and treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in primary health care workers in Brazil.

PLoS ONE, 2019
OBJECTIVES:The goal of this study was to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis from the public health system perspective, comparing five strategies for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) diagnosis in primary health care workers in Brazil.
Rafaela Borge Loureiro, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel, Rosangela Caetano, Renata Lyrio Peres, Geisa Fregona, Jonathan E Golub, José Ueleres Braga   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of imperfect test sensitivity on determining risk factors : the case of bovine tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2012
Background Imperfect diagnostic testing reduces the power to detect significant predictors in classical cross-sectional studies. Assuming that the misclassification in diagnosis is random this can be dealt with by increasing the sample size of a study ...
Camille Szmaragd (142510), Green, LE, Szmaragd, C., Browne William J., Medley, GF, William J. Browne (142520), Laura E. Green (142513), Camille Szmaragd, Szmaragd Camille, Medley Graham F., Medley, G.F., Green Laura E., Green, L.E.; id_orcid, Browne, William J, Graham F. Medley (142517), Medley, Graham, Graham F Medley, Green, Laura E., Szmaragd, Camille, William J Browne, Browne, William J., Browne, W.J., Laura E Green   +22 more
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Comparative evaluation of immunological tests for at-risk children in Tomsk Region

Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2017
The purpose of this paper is to compare the results of immunological tests (tests with recombinant allergen TB in standard dilution (RAT) and the Mantoux tuberculin test) in children at risk of developing tuberculosis in Tomsk Region.Materials and ...
N. N. Kabanets, O. V. Filinyuk, O. I. Urazova, K. S. Morozova, O. V. Kolokolova   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tuberculin Skin Test and CD4+/CD8+ T Cell Counts in Adults Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Medellín, Colombia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1997
To evaluate the effect of BCG vaccination and T lymphocyte subpopulations on the reactivity to the tuberculin skin test, 113 asymtomatic HIV+ individuals were tuberculin tested by intradermal injection of 5TU of purified protein derivative and the levels
JI Rodríguez, M Arias, SC París, MP Arbeláez, J Betancur, LF García   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of latent tuberculosis infection in liver transplant recipients

Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2021
Background and Objectives: Tuberculosis is one of the main reasons for mortality in liver transplant recipients. Since Iran is considered as a tuberculosis-endemic country, the present study aims to evaluate the outcome of latent tuberculosis infection ...
Zahra Ahmadinejad, Maryam Mokhtaryan, Arezoo Salami, Monavar Talebian, Hamideh Irajian, Fereshteh Ghiasvand   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

C-Tb Skin Test: A Step Toward Tuberculosis Eradication [PDF]

Pediatric Infectious Disease
C-Tb is a novel diagnostic test for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. It is a skin test based on the principle of tuberculin skin test containing early secreted antigenic target 6 (ESAT-6) and culture filtrate protein 10 (CFP-10).
Harshini T Reddy, Bhaskar Shenoy
doaj   +1 more source

QuantiFERON®-TB gold in-tube performance for diagnosing active tuberculosis in children and adults in a high burden setting. [PDF]

, 2012
To determine whether QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) can contribute to the diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB) in children in a high-burden setting and to assess the performance of QFT and tuberculin skin test (TST) in a prospective cohort of TB ...
Rose, Michala Vaaben, Godfather Kimaro (151409), Kimaro, Godfather, Thomas N Nissen, Pernille Ravn (94667), Bygbjerg Ib C., Kimaro Godfather, Godfather Kimaro, Hoelscher, Michael, Rose, Michala V., Nissen, Thomas N, Rose, Michala V, Michael Hoelscher, Hoelscher Michael, Ravn, Pernille, Michael Hoelscher (151418), Ib C. Bygbjerg (151419), Nissen, Thomas N., Kroidl, Inge, Michala V Rose, Inge Kroidl, Sayoki G Mfinanga, Nissen Thomas N., Kroidl Inge, Bygbjerg, Ib C., Mfinanga Sayoki G., Michala V. Rose (151403), Ravn Pernille, Rose Michala V., Mfinanga, Sayoki G., Ib C Bygbjerg, Inge Kroidl (151415), Sayoki G. Mfinanga (151420), Mfinanga, Sayoki G, Thomas N. Nissen (151412), Pernille Ravn, Bygbjerg, Ib C   +36 more
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A healthy patient with positive mantoux test but negative quantiferon Gold assay and no evidence of risk factors – to treat or not to treat?

IDCases, 2019
A 56-year-old woman who vaccinated as a child with the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), now tests positive to the tuberculin skin test (TST) but test negative to the Quantiferon Gold assay.
Lazara Karelia Montane Jaime, Patrick E. Akpaka, Sehlule Vuma, Angel A Justiz-Vaillant   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tuberculin Skin Test Reaction and Sarcoidosis - An Unexpected Sequela.

Indian Dermatol Online J, 2020
Jayasree P, Ashique KT, Nair NG.
europepmc   +2 more sources

What Is the Significance of an Accelerated BCG Reaction in Children Living in Low Tuberculosis Incidence Countries?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim In high tuberculosis (TB) incidence countries, accelerated Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) reactions are considered markers of prior Mycobacterium tuberculosis exposure and may prompt investigation. Their significance in low‐incidence countries is unclear.
Widad Al Salmi, Niall Johnston, Emma Birrell, Adam W. Bartlett, Pamela Palasanthiran, Brendan J. McMullan, Phoebe C. M. Williams   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source