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Aylin Özgen Alpaydın, Tuba Turunç, Vildan Avkan-Oğuz, Füsun Öner Eyüboğlu, Elif Tükenmez Tigen, et al.
OBJECTIVE: Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening is strongly recommended in the pre-transplant evaluation of solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, although it remains inadequate in many transplant centers. We decided to investigate pre-transplant TB risk assessment, L…
Kelly AM
…pared with waiting 21 days for culture results. The shorter treatment regimen for latent TB infection with weekly isoniazid and rifabutin for 12 weeks provides treatment as effective as the traditional daily isoniazid for 6 months, but with better adherence from patients.
Ghoshal AG, Halder A
…sed risk of tuberculosis (TB) reactivation in patients with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has been recorded for anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents and, to a lesser extent, for the nonanti-TNFα targeted biologics. Use of both biologic agents and Janus kinase (JAK) inhi…
Anjum Hameed Dr. Manal Tanveer
…arming infectious diseases. This research overviews general treatment guidelines, diagnosis and pathogenesis of TB. Before commencement of this review, we explored related articles on PubMed; in addition to that, we also searched international institutes official pages on the web…
Teo AKJ, Rahevar K, Morishita F, Ang A, Yoshiyama T, et al.
…ecuring an early diagnosis, as well as adhering to their TB treatment. All countries emphasised the need for person-centred approaches that include the creative application of new technology and tailored incentive programs, as well as reconceptualisation of how we provide treatme…
Michele L Pearson, MD, Sara J Whitehead, MD
…Healthcare facility Study Duration: 3 years; prevalence of latent Tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in healthcare workers (HCWs) will be at measured at baseline, and LTBI incidence will be measured among susceptible HCWs at 12 and 24 months. Secondary outcomes will be measures at 0 …
Cecilia Kit Ying O’Young, King Man Ho, Ho So, Thomas Yun Wing Mok, Chi Chiu Leung, et al.
… risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB). Screening and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) with the use of a standard screening protocol is important in reducing the risk of TB reactivation during therapies with anti-TNF agents. The Latent Tuberculosis Infectio…
Ridho A, Alfian SD, van Boven JFM, Levita J, Yalcin EA, et al.
…dherence to medication in tuberculosis (TB) hampers optimal treatment outcomes. Digital health technology (DHT) seems to be a promising approach to managing problems of nonadherence to medication and improving treatment outcomes. Objective This paper systematically reviews the ef…
Bonde Christiansen S, Ainsworth MA
Background Guidelines generally recommend a combination of immunological assays and chest X-ray imaging (CXR) when screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prior to biologic treatment in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Objective To investigate whether CXR identify pat…
Alpaydın AÖ, Turunç TY, Avkan-Oğuz V, Öner-Eyüboğlu F, Tükenmez-Tigen E, et al.
Objective Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening is strongly recommended in the pre-transplant evaluation of solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, although it remains inadequate in many transplant centers. We decided to investigate pre-transplant TB risk assessment, LT…
Hasan T, Au E, Chen S, Tong A, Wong G
…bjective Immunosuppressed individuals are at a high risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and clinical practice guidelines for the screening and management of LTBI in at-risk patients have been developed. We assessed the scope, quality and consistency of clinical practice …
Zhang L, Zou X, Jiang N, Xie L, Liu J, et al.
… patients are at high risk for TB, but so far, there are no guidelines for TB prevention and management targeting this population in China. This study aims to investigate the incidence of active tuberculosis (ATB) and to explore the risk factors for developing ATB in SLE patients…
Timothy Sterling, MD, Robert Belknap, MD, Amber Robinson, PhD, Rosanna M Boyd, PhD, Dick Menzies, MD
…rm) with a comparator arm of 12-16 weeks of rifamycin-based treatment (standard of care, control arm) of latent M. tuberculosis infection (LTBI). This trial is conducted among persons who are at increased risk of progression to tuberculosis (TB) and require treatment of LTBI. Th…
Paton NI, Borand L, Benedicto J, Kyi MM, Mahmud AM, et al.
Asia has the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB infection (LTBI) in the world. Optimizing the diagnosis and treatment of LTBI is one of the key strategies for achieving the WHO 'End TB' targets. We report the discussions from the Asia Latent TubERculosis (ALTER) ex…
Park HY, Choi SH, Kim D, Hwang J, Kwon Y, et al.
…d with gastric cancer plus a cancer-free control group. The latent TB infection (LTBI) screening status, TB incidence, and potential confounders in each cohort were analyzed, and the risk of TB was analyzed using a Cox proportional hazard model. Results LTBI tests were performed …
Silveira MBV, Ferrarini MAG, Viana PO, Succi RC, Terreri MT, et al.
…a release assays (IGRAs) in paediatric TB are lacking, many guidelines do not recommend their use for TB diagnosis in this population in Brazil. Objective To evaluate the performance of an IGRA by investigating its concordance with the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the role of I…
Tal R, Lawal T, Granger E, Simoni M, Hui P, et al.
…ased in recent years after assisted reproductive technology treatments. Despite rising emigration rates to the United States, guidelines to identify those with latent tuberculosis or female genital tuberculosis in fertility centers do not exist. Objective This study aimed to char…
Jann-Yuan Wang, Ph.D.
…duction in TB incidence, or even elimination should rely on treatment for LTBI. However, which is the cost-effective screening method or what is the cost-effective regimen in Taiwan is still unclear. Therefore, the investigators designed this prospective study to follow up adult…
Abdurahman Ridho, Sofa D. Alfian, Job F. M. van Boven, Jutti Levita, Esin Aki, et al.
…dherence to medication in tuberculosis (TB) hampers optimal treatment outcomes. Digital health technology (DHT) seems to be a promising approach to managing problems of nonadherence to medication and improving treatment outcomes. </sec> <sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This paper s…
Oh CE, Menzies D
Diagnosing and treating latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is an important part of efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB). The Korean guidelines for TB published in 2020 recommend 2 LTBI regimens for children and adolescents: 9 months of daily isoniazid (9H) and 3 months of daily …
Christoph Zeyen, Ruben Heuer, Brit Haecker, Tom Schaberg, Alexander Nast
…re initiating MTX or IL-17/IL-23/IL-12/23p40 inhibitors for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is supported by indirect evidence of TB reactivations with TNF inhibitors. However, direct evidence for MTX or IL-17/IL-23/IL-12/23p40 inhibitors is limited. To better evaluate the ri…
Arslan A Sidhu, Anupama Nandagudi
…n is important in patients receiving biologics. Current BSR guidelines on biologic safety in inflammatory arthritis (2018) advise to screen all patients for TB before starting treatment. Due to limitations of tuberculin skin test (TST), IFN-γ release assay (IGRA) is frequently us…
Yoshihiro Kobashi, Toru Oga
… diagnoses were: 14 patients with active TB disease, 4 with latent TB infection (LTBI), 17 with old (cured) TB disease, and 10 with pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease. We used the two IGRAs for these patients and evaluated the data according to the manufacturer’…
Hung‐Ling Huang, Wei‐Chang Huang, Meng‐Rui Lee, Inn‐Wen Chong, Jann‐Yuan Wang
…, “Completion Rate and Safety of Programmatic Screening and Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Elderly Patients with Poorly Controlled Diabetic Mellitus: A Prospective Multicenter Study” [1]. The tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) co-epidemic is a major glob…
Shui Shan Lee
…ing are necessary but insufficient strategies. Detection of latent TB infection (LTBI) followed by short-term antimycobacterial preventive therapy constitutes an add-on approach to reducing TB reactivation diseases. In practice, the diagnosis of LTBI can be made either by perform…