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Ghanaie RM, Karimi A, Azimi L, James S, Nasehi M, et al.
…itations. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of LTBI among pediatric household contacts of TB cases in two high-burden provinces in Iran. Methods We conducted a cohort study in children who had been in household contact with a TB index. All subjects were assessed for active TB d…
Hongmei Chen, Changxing Shen, Dan Li
…s, as a new generation ELISA-based method, shows promise in pediatric TB auxiliary diagnosis and LTBI discovery. The study underscores the importance of specialized TB judgment in achieving accurate diagnoses and suggests that the use of lymphocyte culture medium in place of plas…
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
…n-Gamma Release Assay (IGRA)s for Tuberculosis Screening in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease” with great interest (1). Stevens et al noted that “IGRA's are a useful tool to screen for LTBI, both prior to anti-TNF therapy and during treatment (1).” The important consideration …
Campbell JI, Tabatneck M, Sun M, He W, Musinguzi N, et al.
Objective To characterize losses from the pediatric tuberculosis (TB) infection care cascade to identify ways to improve TB infection care delivery. Study design We conducted a retrospective cohort study of children (age Results We included 13 353 tests among 11 622 patients; 93.…
Bergevin A, Husain M, Cruz M, Blanc CL, Dieme A, et al.
…to describe the health issues of UMs managed in a dedicated pediatric consultation service in a care center in Paris. Methods All UMs attending a dedicated migrant medical consultation service in Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France, were included in a single-center retrospective…
Roxana Mansour Ghanaie, Abdollah Karimi, Leila Azimi, Seddon James, Mahshid Nasehi, et al.
…itations. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of LTBI among pediatric household contacts of TB cases in two high-burden provinces in Iran. Methods: We conducted a cohort study in children who had been in household contact with a TB index. All subjects were assessed for active dis…
Yu Y, Hua J, Chen L
…hods The expression of autophagy modulators was examined in pediatric patients with LTBI and ATB utilizing public datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) collection (GSE39939 and GSE39940). Results In a training dataset (GSE39939), patients with LTBI and ATB exhibited the…
Sumaiya Islam, Dona A. Kiriella, Olutobi Oridota, Avika Dixit
…th the most recent WHO guidelines on LTBI management in the pediatric population. Results We identified four subsections of the WHO guidelines: at-risk groups for LTBI testing, algorithms to rule out active TB disease, testing for LTBI, and TB preventive treatment options. Guidel…
López-Suárez A, Santos-Sebastián M, Hernanz-Lobo A, Rincón-López E, Aguilera-Alonso D, et al.
… of IFN-γ/MCP-1 ratios should be further explored in larger pediatric cohorts.
Chiappini E, Storelli F, Tersigni C, Venturini E, de Martino M, et al.
…-IT-. Methods Children consecutively referred to one single pediatric center between 2010 and 2017 for suspected tuberculosis infection (TB) were enrolled. All children underwent clinical evaluation, TST and QFT-IT. Sensitivity of QFT-IT and TST in active TB cases and risk factor…
Nair N, Sudharshan S, Ram Prakash M, Khetan V, Rao C
Pediatric intermediate uveitis (IU), usually idiopathic, can also be associated with tuberculosis (TB) and sarcoidosis. A 14-year-old girl was diagnosed with idiopathic IU after ruling out TB and sarcoid. She was treated with oral steroids and methotrexate (MTX) with good inflamm…
Hyejin So, Jina Lee
Abstract Background Pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients are one of the high-risk groups concerning tuberculosis and screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prior to HSCT is important and accurate diagnostic tests for predicting LTBI in t…
Kulciţchi Stela, Constantin Iavorschi, Alina Malic, Rodica Selevestru, Corina Rotaru-Lungu, et al.
Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) is of primary genesis - it develops as a result of the child’s first contact with a source of contagious infection. In most cases in children the infection remains latent, and under certain conditions evolves into TB disease. The immune status is the d…
Polat MC, Mertek S, Özçakar ZB, Çelikel E, Aydın F, et al.
Objectives To evaluate adverse events (AEs) in pediatric patients with rheumatologic diseases being treated with approved or off-label biologic agents (BAs). Methods This observational, retrospective, multicenter study was conducted from 2010 to 2022 in patients under 18 years of…
El-Sheikh N, Mousa NO, Osman A, Tawfeik AM, Taha BA, et al.
…lood IP-10 mRNA expression level to detect LTBI in Egyptian pediatric household contacts (PHC). Methods TB-specific IP-10 and IFN-γ mRNA levels were assessed by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) in 72 Egyptian PHC of active pulmonary TB cases. All study participants were also …
Muhammad Abbud Widitaputra, Retno Asih Setyoningrum, Agus Harianto
…e professionals, and the community is crucial in addressing pediatric tuberculosis. Emphasizing strategies like enhancing contact tracing could significantly improve tuberculosis management in isolated island communities.
Mannebach K, Dressel A, Eason L
…are cost-effective and evidence-based strategies to address pediatric TB in India, a challenge which is grounded in human rights and justice.
Pelin Asfuroğlu, Tuğba Ramaslı Gürsoy, Zeynep Reyhan Onay, Tuğba Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu, Emine Nur Sunar Yayla, et al.
…Between 2008-2019, all 194 patients who were followed up in pediatric pulmonology department in terms of LTBI and TB disease occurance while using biological agents were included in the study. Tuberculin skin test (TST), interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) tests and lung imagin…
Hatice Adıgüzel Dundar, Balahan Makay, Özge Altuğ Gücenmez, Serkan Türkuçar, Nuri Bayram, et al.
Giri: Pediyatrik romatolojik hastalklarda kanakinumabn (KAN) uzun dnemde tberkloz (TB) asndan gvenlii hakknda yeterli bilgi bulunmamaktadr.Bu almada, Trkiye'deki iki merkezde KAN ile tedavi edilen hastalarda latent TB insidansn ve hastalk seyrini deerlendirme-
Maria C. Madariaga, Amanda Pawlak, Meghan Richardson, Farzana Nuruzzaman, James Barsi
Madariaga, Maria C. BAa; Pawlak, Amanda MDa; Richardson, Meghan MDa; Nuruzzaman, Farzana MDb; Barsi, James MDa Author Information
Abuali M, Navarro I, Baisch M, Bashkenova N, Chang-Escobar S, et al.
To elucidate the physical and psychosocial health needs of newly arrived Afghan children, we conducted a retrospective chart review of patients 0 to 19 years re-settled to Philadelphia with ≥1 outpatient visit during August 2021 to August 2022. Findings on 121 patients include de…
A. L. Salova, О. Г. Челнокова, Л. И. Мозжухина
Background. Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) represents a global medical problem, affecting 25 % of the world's population with an annual registration of 1.2 million cases of tuberculosis in children under 15 years of age. Objective. To determine the features of the somatic s…
Jonathan Schultz, Amy Beeson, Timothy P. Newton, Josh Gannon, Anne Frank, et al.
Approximately a quarter of the world's population has latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and is at risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB) during their lifetime. 1 World Health OrganizationLicence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. WHO, 2018 Google Scholar In 2019, approximately 70% of …
Alfawaz S, Alattas N, Alhammadi M, Waqar S, Al Alola S
…d review previous case reports and identified risk factors. Pediatricians need to be aware of this less common side effect as they work through a differential of acute psychosis in children.
Vaiva Šiuparytė, Justina Žvikevičiūtė, Vaida Kudirkienė
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) in children receiving immunosupresants, such as tumor necrosis factor α inhibitors (TNFis), is rare; however, these patients are at an increased risk for severe TB disease and significant long-term morbidity [1]. We present a case of disseminated TB…