Genetic Polymorphisms ofIFNGandIFNGR1with Latent Tuberculosis Infection
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Tuberculosis Infection and Latent Tuberculosis
Active tuberculosis (TB) has a greater burden of TB bacilli than latent TB and acts as an infection source for contacts. Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the state in which humans are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis without any clinical symptoms, radiological abnormality, or microbiological evidence. TB is transmissible by respiratory droplet nucleus of 1-5 µm in diameter, conta...
متن کاملTuberculosis and Latent Tuberculosis Infection
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متن کاملLatent Tuberculosis Infection
• Objective: To review the diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). • Methods: Qualititative assessment of the literature. • Results: One third of the world’s population is latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. From this pool, approximately 9 million active tuberculosis (TB) cases emerge annually, resulting in 2 to 3 million deaths and making TB the most com...
متن کاملLatent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection.
To the Editor: In their review article, Getahun et al. (May 28 issue)1 provide a useful overview of issues surrounding latent tuberculosis infection. However, newly published data regarding the performance of the T-SPOT.TB assay call into question the supposition that false conversions and reversions are more common with interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) than with tuberculin skin tests.2 Spec...
متن کاملLatent Tuberculosis Infection
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a subclinical infection with Mycobacterium (M.) tuberculosis. Children and immunosuppressed individuals due to pathologic conditions or therapeutic procedures are at a high risk of reactivation of LTBI to active disease compared to general population and require timely identification. The diagnosis of LTBI is based on the measurement an adaptive immune re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Disease Markers
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0278-0240,1875-8630
DOI: 10.1155/2019/8410290