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Tuberculin skin test has been used as an indicator of latent tuberculosis in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) before administration of biologicals.
Shweta Agarwal +3 more
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Comparison of Tuberculin Reaction Sizes at 48 and 72 hours among children in Tiruvallur District, South India [PDF]
Setting: A rural population in Tiruvallur district, south India. Objective: To study the variability of skin test reaction sizes between 48 and 72 hours. Methods: A tuberculin test survey was conducted among children aged less than 10 years.
Gopi, P G +3 more
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Preserved cellular immunity in smoldering acute leukemia [PDF]
"Smoldering acute leukemia", a variant of acute myelogenous leukemia, has been recognized with frequent incidence in recent years. This is chracterized by benign clinical course, poor physical findings, leukopenia and mild anemia in the ...
Toki, Hironobu
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Introduction: The tuberculin test is the most common method used for the detection and control of bovine tuberculosis (TB). Specificity and sensitivity of this tuberculin test is low, so it is better to perform another test in parallel for investigation ...
Rouhollah Keshavarz +11 more
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS IN INTERNATIONALLY DISPLACED CHILDREN RESETTLING IN HARRIS COUNTY [PDF]
Background More than 300,000 refugees arrived in the United States (U.S.) from 2010-2015, and Texas accepts the 2nd highest number of refugees. Texas also accepts large numbers of asylees, parolees, and special immigrant visa holders.
LAMB, GABRIELLA S
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Exploring the fate of cattle herds with inconclusive reactors to the tuberculin skin test [PDF]
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is an important animal health issue in many parts of the world. In England and Wales, the primary test to detect infected animals is the single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin test, which compares immunological ...
Brooks-Pollock +21 more
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Aim: Study degree of sensitivity and specificity of IFN-γ as QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay in diagnosis of tuberculosis instead of tuberculin test. Subjects and methods: Forty patients were included in this study subdivided into two groups.
Sohair A. Abdel-Samea +3 more
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Healthcare Students and Postgraduates in a Mediterranean Italian Area: What Correlation with Work Exposure? [PDF]
Background: Tuberculosis screening is part of the standard protocol for evaluating the risk of infection in healthcare workers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among students attending various ...
Antonina Ciccarello +4 more
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Introduction: Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death from infectious diseases worldwide. Diabetes has been suggested as an important risk factor for tuberculosis.
Mahshad Mousavi +3 more
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Background: Medical students, especially whom enter to clinical courses, are in high exposure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis responsible for tuberculosis (TB).
Kiana Shirani +4 more
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