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H. Belhadga, Zahra El Maataoui, H. Kisra
…d to fight TB are good nutrition, Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination, anti-TB therapy. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a combination treatment of four drugs for two months (isoniazid (INH), rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol), followed by two drugs (I…
Jann-Yuan Wang, Ph.D.
… investigators designed this prospective study to follow up adult household contacts with LTBI for 2 years and compare the efficacy of 9-month isoniazid and 4-month rifampicin). In countries with a low incidence of tuberculosis (TB), most new, active cases have occurred among pe…
Rafael Laniado-Laborín
…s, the clinical manifestations are very similar to those of adults with fever and productive cough. Lymphadenopathy is the most common type of extrapulmonary TB in children. The most commonly involved sites are the anterior cervical, posterior cervical triangle, submandibular, an…
Jay A. Fishman
… clinical practice guidelines: diagnosis of tuberculosis in adults and children.Clin Infect Dis. 2017; 64: 111-115Crossref PubMed Scopus (390) Google Scholar, 3Aguado JM Torre-Cisneros J Fortun J et al.Tuberculosis in solid-organ transplant recipients: consensus statement of the …
…tions conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of levofloxacin in preventing tuberculosis (TB) in children who were household contacts of an adult with multiple drug resistant (MDR) TB. The study was conducted at 5 sites in South Africa between 20…
Queen Mary University of London
…lood mononuclear cells (PBMC) isolated from * asymptomatic adults being screened for LTBI (LTBI screenees) * adults with newly-diagnosed active tuberculosis (active cases) ii) To determine whether strains of Mtb isolated from CD34+ PBMC of recent household TB contacts are geneti…