Screening for Latent Tuberculosis

Screening for latent tuberculosis before tumour necrosis factor antagonist therapy.

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Ethical evaluation of immigration screening policy for latent tuberculosis infection

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 325 © 2012 The Authors. ANZJPH © 2012 Public Health Association of Australia After individuals have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB), tubercle bacilli may cause disease or remain quiescent but viable for many decades; this latter state is known as latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). During this phase, individuals are asymptomatic and pose n...

Screening of immigrants in the UK for latent tuberculosis.

Evaluation of: Pareek M, Watson JP, Ormerod LP et al. Screening of immigrants in the UK for imported latent tuberculosis: a multicentre cohort study and cost-effectiveness analysis. Lancet Infect. Dis. 11(6), 435-444 (2011).Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious public health problem in the UK, and detection and prophylactic treatment of latent infection offers improved control. A recent study advocate...

Cost-optimisation of screening for latent tuberculosis in close contacts

We read with great interest the article by DIEL et al. [1] in a recent issue of the European Respiratory Journal. We believe that the authors have been successful in modelling and analysing the cost of alternatives for tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation. Nevertheless, we have some hesitation regarding a simplifying assumption that the authors have made in the follow-up of subjects after a ...

Screening immigrants for latent tuberculosis: do we have the resources?