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Brett K, Dulong C, Severn M
…ing pulmonary TB., Individuals with TB are categorized into latent TB infection (LTBI) and active TB disease., LTBI refers to an individual who has the M. tuberculosis infection in which the bacteria are alive but are not currently causing active TB disease. Persons with LTBI do …
Lee A, Xie YL, Barry CE, Chen RY
Guidelines on the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) have essentially remained the same for the past 35 years, but are now starting to change. Ongoing clinical trials will hopefully transform the landscape for treatment of drug sensitive TB, drug resistant TB, and latent TB infection…
Brett K, Dulong C, Severn M
…on of TB bacteria. Individuals with TB are categorized into latent TB infection (LTBI) and active TB disease., LTBI refers to an individual who has the M. tuberculosis infection in which the bacteria are alive but are not currently causing active TB disease. Persons with LTBI do …
Marais BJ
…d TB, but the establishment of functional TB prevention and treatment programs for children remains challenging. Barriers to TB prevention include: 1) non-implementation of existing guidelines, 2) perceived inability to rule out active TB with fear of creating drug resistance and…
Alzahabi KH, Usmani O, Georgiou TK, Ryan MP, Robertson BD, et al.
…sulting with a mortality approximating 1.5 million. Current treatment guidelines recommend oral administration of a combination of first-line anti-TB drugs for at least 6 months. While efficacious under optimum conditions, 'Directly Observed Therapy Short-course' (DOTS) is not wi…
Jun YK, Chun J, Kang EA, Lee HJ, Im JP, et al.
… factor (anti-TNF) is an effective biological agent for the treatment of moderate-to-severe active ulcerative colitis (UC) refractory to conventional therapy. On the other hand, anti-TNF therapy is strongly associated with a potential risk of tuberculosis (TB). Active TB is a cri…
Diel R, Nienhaus A
…stant TB (MDR-/RR-TB). Methods Based on the current therapy guidelines of the German Central Committee against Tuberculosis and most recent renumeration data of the Statutory Health Insurances (SHI), this study estimates the mean in- and outpatient costs per adult infectious pulm…
Baker JJ, Nahar R, Petroelje BK, Goswami ND, Lardizabal AA
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) constitutes an important public health problem because of risk of progression to TB disease. Effective treatment of multi-drug resistant (MDR) LTBI would prevent progression to MDR TB disease, which would improve patient and public health outc…
Desilva M, Moore N, Thai D, Grimm M, Sabuwala N, et al.
…cted CIs for infectious cases. We created outbreak specific guidelines for screening and management of contacts, and partnered with various agencies to increase MDR TB awareness. Results WGS results were consistent with an MDR TB outbreak that included 10 cases (70% pulmonary) as…
Fiore V, De Vito A, Martineková P, Princic E, Geremia N, et al.
… evaluate a screening program, with active case-finding and treatment for active tuberculosis (TB), latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), blood-borne viruses (BBV), and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among refugees living in facility centers. Methodology We collected data o…
Jones AJ, Mathad JS, Dooley KE, Eke AC
…HIV (PLWH) are at especially high risk for progression from latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to active tuberculosis (TB) disease. Among pregnant PLWH, concurrent TB increases the risk of complications such as preeclampsia, intrauterine fetal-growth restriction, low birth weig…
Huang GKL, Pawape G, Taune M, Hiasihri S, Ustero P, et al.
… for MDR-TB has led to much needed changes in international guidelines promoting the use of newer TB drugs and regimens for MDR-TB, however, there remains a significant implementation gap. Due to the complexity of treating MDR-TB, management of cases is often supported by an expe…
von Both U, Gerlach P, Ritz N, Bogyi M, Brinkmann F, et al.
…idence countries are due to rapid progression of infection (latent TB infection (LTBI)) to disease. We aimed to assess common practice for managing paediatric LTBI in Austria, Germany and Switzerland prior to the publication of the first joint national guideline for paediatric TB…
Mwaba P, Chakaya JM, Petersen E, Wejse C, Zumla A, et al.
An estimated 1.8 billion people worldwide have a latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), with wide variations in LTBI rates across countries. LTBI can be due to infection with either drug-sensitive or drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains. Accurate data on the pre…
K S S, Saldanha PRM, Kushwah S, Prabhu AS
…be high in India. Inadequate diagnostic methods, suboptimal treatment and monitoring, and the lack of vigilant reporting system are some of the contributing factors for the failure of TB control. Objectives To know the current practices among local pediatricians regarding managem…