Booster Phenomenon of 3-Step Tuberculin Skin Testing in Hemodialysis Patients
• Background: The risk of increasing active tuberculosis is a significant health problem among patients receiving hemodialysis. Also prophylactic therapy against tuberculin in these patients is important to have a successful transplantation.
Mohsen Meidani +2 more
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Background: In most African and Arabic countries tuberculosis (TB) causes great economic losses in bovine species and constitutes serious zoonotic problem. As the traditional diagnostic method delay the research because of low sensitivity and specificity,
Mohamed Sabry, Ahmed Elkerdasy
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Comparison of Alternative Meat Inspection Regimes for Pigs From Non-Controlled Housing – Considering the Cost of Error [PDF]
Denmark has not had cases of bovine tuberculosis (bovTB) for more than 30 years but is obliged by trade agreements to undertake traditional meat inspection (TMI) of finisher pigs from non-controlled housing to detect bovTB.
Alessandro Foddai +6 more
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ON VACCINATION OF ADOLESCENTS AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS
The questions of vaccination and revaccination with BCG vaccine, mass screening of children and adolescents with Mantoux test in order to reveal risk groups for development of active tuberculosis and further individual diagnostics among such patients are
L. A. Zazimko +2 more
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Outlook for tuberculosis elimination in California: An individual-based stochastic model. [PDF]
RationaleAs part of the End TB Strategy, the World Health Organization calls for low-tuberculosis (TB) incidence settings to achieve pre-elimination (<10 cases per million) and elimination (<1 case per million) by 2035 and 2050, respectively. These
Barry, Pennan M +10 more
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Latent tuberculosis in patients with hepatitis C infection before receiving antiretroviral drugs
Aim of the work Studying the prevalence of latent TB infection among people infected with hepatitis C virus for preventing emergence of active tuberclous disease during treatment of hepatitis C virus with antiviral drugs that cause immunosuppression ...
Mahmoud Elhabashy +3 more
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Intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin test in the diagnosis of caprine tuberculosis. [PDF]
de Almeida CAS +8 more
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Mantoux test revisited: Variability in reading tuberculin test in pediatric population
Introduction: Mantoux test aids in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), however its application and interpretation are dependent on multiple factors. Methodology: A prospective study enrolling 400 children (aged 2-12) suspected to have tuberculosis ...
Dimple Goel +2 more
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Exacerbation of generalized plaque psoriasis after tuberculin test. [PDF]
Corrà A +4 more
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GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF PEDIATRIC TUBERCULOSIS IN BOHOL, PHILIPPINES: DISEASE CLUSTERS AND ACCESS TO CARE [PDF]
Worldwide, children represent approximately 10% of global tuberculosis (TB) cases. We recently reported a high tuberculin skin test (TST)-positive prevalence (355/5,476; weighted prevalence=6.4%) among children (\u3c15 years) throughout the island of ...
LEINING, LAUREN M
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