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Tuberculosis screening on a health science campus: use of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test for students and employees

science campus

Smith PK.
GSID: O-lzTdKlo7kJ
PI Veeser, PK Smith, B Handy… - Journal of American …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis

Detecting and managing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection in a health-science center population is a clinical dilemma. Tuberculin skin tests are still the preferred method for detecting present or past infection of TB. The authors discuss the performance of whole...

Control of tuberculosis in the United States. American Thoracic Society.

The American review of respiratory disease

[No authors listed]
PMID: 1456588
Am Rev Respir Dis. 1992 Dec;146(6):1623-33. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm/146.6.1623.

TB continues to be a major public health problem in many areas of the United States. Elimination of this disease will require coordinated efforts of public health agencies, voluntary health associations, health-care providers, and community groups. TB controls is...

[Determination of the frequency of residual tuberculous changes in the lungs and the level of contamination in urban and rural populations].

Problemy tuberkuleza

Stoianovskiĭ EA.
PMID: 2798396
Probl Tuberk. 1989;(7):8-10.

The frequency of metatuberculous lesions and contamination levels were compared in 5341 urban and 5023 rural residents. It was shown that the frequency of residual tuberculous lesions in the urban (2.6 per cent) and rural (2.3 per cent) residents...

[Results of simultaneous tuberculin test series with new patches].

Praxis der Pneumologie

Radtke A.
PMID: 5101685
Prax Pneumol. 1971 Feb;25(2):68-76.

No abstract available.

Differences in BCG vaccination and tuberculin skin-test positivity.

The Lancet. Infectious diseases

Sidibe A, Matteelli A, Menzies R, Getahun H.
PMID: 26333326
Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Sep;15(9):1003. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00233-9.

No abstract available.

Four varieties of voltage-gated proton channels.

Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library

DeCoursey TE.
PMID: 28481211
Front Biosci. 1998 May 01;3:d477-482. doi: 10.2741/a294.

n human beings, infection with the tubercle bacillus usually results in inapparent disease, recognized only by a positive tuberculin reaction. However, about 10% of tuberculin-positive people develop clinically active tuberculosis (TB). The Lurie tubercle count method is probably the...

Immunodiagnostic Tests' Predictive Values for Progression to Tuberculosis in Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Transplantation direct

Muñoz L, Gomila A, Casas S, Castellote J, Arnan M, Rafecas A, Santin M.
PMID: 27500217
Transplant Direct. 2015 Apr 01;1(3):e12. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000000520. eCollection 2015 Apr.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the predictive value for progression to tuberculosis (TB) of interferon-γ release assays and how they compare with the tuberculin skin test (TST) in assessing the risk of TB infection in transplant recipients.METHODS: We screened...

Levamisole as an Adjuvant to Short-Course Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients.

Advanced biomedical research

Shamkuwar CA, Meshram SH, Mahakalkar SM.
PMID: 28516071
Adv Biomed Res. 2017 Mar 28;6:37. doi: 10.4103/2277-9175.203162. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: The estimated incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis in India are 2.1 and 2.6 million cases respectively. Immunotherapy may shorten tuberculosis treatments and improve the immunity of individuals as well. Hence we study the efficacy of levamisole (LVM) (immunomodulator)...

Tuberculin skin test and Quantiferon test agreement and influencing factors in tuberculosis screening of healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England)

Lamberti M, Uccello R, Monaco MGL, Muoio M, Feola D, Sannolo N, Nienhaus A, Chiodini P.
PMID: 25670962
J Occup Med Toxicol. 2015 Jan 27;10:2. doi: 10.1186/s12995-015-0044-y. eCollection 2015.

OBJECTIVE: A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the agreement between Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) and Quantiferon (QFT) in screening for tuberculosis (TB) infection among healthcare workers (HCWs) and to estimate associations between TST and QFT agreement...

Tuberculous meningitis with dementia as the presenting symptom after intramedullary spinal cord tumor resection.

Nagoya journal of medical science

Kobayashi K, Imagama S, Ito Z, Ando K, Yagi H, Shinjo R, Hida T, Ito K, Ishikawa Y, Matsuyama Y, Ishiguro N.
PMID: 26663944
Nagoya J Med Sci. 2015 Nov;77(4):653-7.

Early-stage TB meningitis has no specific symptoms in patients, potentially leading to delayed diagnosis and consequently worsening prognosis. The authors present the fatal case with a delayed diagnosis of tuberculous (TB) meningitis with dementia as the presenting symptom after...

Epidemiological, Clinical, and Paraclinic Aspect of Cutaneous Sarcoidosis in Black Africans.

Dermatology research and practice

Kaloga M, Gbéry IP, Bamba V, Kouassi YI, Ecra EJ, Diabate A, Kourouma S, Ahogo KC, Kouamé KA, Kassi K, Kouame K, Sangaré A.
PMID: 26633968
Dermatol Res Pract. 2015;2015:802824. doi: 10.1155/2015/802824. Epub 2015 Nov 08.

The specific objectives were to identify the epidemiology of cutaneous sarcoidosis and describe the clinical and laboratory aspects of the disease. Materials and Methods. We performed a descriptive cross-sectional study involving 24 referred cases of cutaneous sarcoidosis in 25...

Performance of a rapid strip test for the serologic diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in children.

Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR

Kasempimolporn S, Thaveekarn W, Kerdpanich P, Skulpichetrat U, Saekhow O, Boonchang S, Bharnthong T, Sitprija V.
PMID: 25737986
J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Jan;9(1):DC11-4. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/10989.5403. Epub 2015 Jan 01.

BACKGROUND: The serodiagnostic tests for tuberculosis (TB) present a high variability in terms of sensitivity and specificity. Data on patients with latent TB infection (LTBI) and children in high prevalence settings are still limited. The present study aimed to...

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