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Investigating Two-stage Tuberculin Skin Test for Screening Latent Tuberculosis Infections in Diabetic Patients: A Regional Study in Khorramabad, Iran

Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2022
Introduction: latent tuberculosis infections (LTBI) are not detectable by a single-stage tuberculin test and maybe detected after repeating tests 7-21 days later.
Mahshad Mousavi1, Nazanin Mousavi1, Seyyed Amir Yasin Ahmadi1, Mozhgan Kaviani2   +3 more
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Detection of bovine tuberculosis in three dairy cow stations in Iraq [PDF]

Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2014
The study was conducted to investigate bovine tuberculosis in three dairy cows stations using comparative tuberculin test (bovine and avian) and bacterial isolation.
M.A.A. Al-Graibawi, T.A. Mohammad, S.S.S. Barak   +2 more
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Performance and correlation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold, T-SPOT.TB and tuberculin skin test in young children with tuberculosis exposure or tuberculosis disease

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2020
Objective: To evaluate the performance of interferon gamma release assays and tuberculin skin test in Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccinated young children.
Keswadee Lapphra, Paninun Srinuchasart, Sansnee Senawong, Utane Rungpanich, Pinklow Umrod, Alan Maleesatharn, Nantaka Kongstan, Watcharee Lermankul, Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit   +8 more
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Study on supplemental test to improve the detection of bovine tuberculosis in individual animals and herds

BMC Veterinary Research, 2021
Background Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), is a worldwide disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). The success of bTB eradication and control programs is based on early detection and the removal of reactors from a herd thus routine testing and cull ...
Paulo Alex Machado Carneiro, Eliomar de Moura Sousa, Rinaldo Batista Viana, Bruno Moura Monteiro, Aline do Socorro Lima Kzam, Damazio Campos de Souza, Anderson Silva Coelho, José Dantas Ribeiro Filho, Ricardo Spacagna Jordao, Maria Regina Madruga Tavares, John B. Kaneene   +10 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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TUBERCULIN DIAGNOSTICS: TO BE OR NOT TO BE?

Вопросы современной педиатрии, 2013
Tuberculin diagnostics — is a diagnostic method of detection of specific sensitization to Mycobactrerium tuberculosis (MBT). It is used as a specific test during mass population screening on tuberculosis (mass tuberculin diagnostics) and for individual ...
N. M. Koretskaya
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Comparing interferon-gamma release assays with tuberculin skin test for identifying latent tuberculosis infection that progresses to active tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
BackgroundTimely and accurate identification of people with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is important for controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB). There is no gold standard for diagnosis of LTBI.
P. Auguste, A. Tsertsvadze, J. Pink, R. Court, N. McCarthy, P. Sutcliffe, A. Clarke   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The detection of airborne transmission of tuberculosis from HIV-infected patients, using an in vivo air sampling model [PDF]

, 2007
Background. Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis remains an important public health problem. We created an in vivo air sampling model to study airborne transmission of tuberculosis from patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and ...
A. Gonzalez, A. R. Escombe, Balasubramanian, Beggs, Bhatia, C. A. Evans, C. Martinez, C. Noakes, C. Oeser, Caviedes, Cohn, Curtis, D. A. J. Moore, E. Ticona, Edlin, Elliott, Escombe, Gangadharam, Ikeda, J. S. Friedland, Katz, L. Caviedes, Luna-Herrera, M. Navincopa, Markowitz, Mastorides, Mills, Mitchison, Mitchison, Nardell, Nardell, Nunn, P. Sheen, Prabhakar, R. H. Gilman, Riley, RILEY, Riley, Schafer, Sultan, Xu   +40 more
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The age-specific burden and household and school-based predictors of child and adolescent tuberculosis infection in rural Uganda. [PDF]

, 2020
BackgroundThe age-specific epidemiology of child and adolescent tuberculosis (TB) is poorly understood, especially in rural areas of East Africa. We sought to characterize the age-specific prevalence and predictors of TB infection among children and ...
Atukunda, Mucunguzi, Balzer, Laura B, Chamie, Gabriel, Charlebois, Edwin D, Clark, Tamara D, Havlir, Diane V, Kamya, Moses R, Kironde, Joel, Kwarisiima, Dalsone, Marquez, Carina, Mwangwa, Florence, Petersen, Maya, Ruel, Theodore D, Ssemmondo, Emmanuel, Tram, Khai Hoan   +14 more
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A preliminary assessment of new bovine and avian tuberculin in cattle by intra-dermal tests and whole blood interferon gamma assay

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2016
The present study reports ante-mortem diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis employing tuberculin test using a new tuberculin PPDB (M. bovis, 3/86) and interferon gamma assay in cattle whole blood culture stimulated using a commercial bovine IFN- γ assay kit.
MINAKSHI YADAV, RISHENDRA VERMA
doaj   +1 more source