منابع مشابه
Tuberculosis screening of chest radiographs
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common causes of death by an infectious agent,1 with an estimated nine million new cases appearing every year. About one-third of the world’s population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterial strain that causes the majority of cases. TB is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, where widespread poverty and malnutrition r...
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The introduction of mass radiography was an important event for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis after the Second World War, when the prevalence of disease was high and the accessibility of health services for the public was low. The detection rate was considerable and the method contributed the antituberculosis programmes a great deal; the quesl.ion of controlled design and follow-up of...
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In 1992 the reported number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) was increased to 26 673 in the United States, an increase of I .5% from 1991 . Although a decline of approximately 5% to 6% occurred from 1981 to 1984, during the period of 1985 to 1992 the number of reported cases increased by 20.1 %. The largest increase in TB cases by age group occurred in the 25to 44year-old cohort (54.5% increase in...
متن کاملScreening for Tuberculosis in Infants and Children
In 1992 the reported number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) was increased to 26 673 in the United States, an increase of I .5% from 1991 . Although a decline of approximately 5% to 6% occurred from 1981 to 1984, during the period of 1985 to 1992 the number of reported cases increased by 20.1 %. The largest increase in TB cases by age group occurred in the 25to 44year-old cohort (54.5% increase in...
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AIM Biological therapies are a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB). Portuguese recommendations recommend universal baseline screening for TB before starting biologics (2006) and annually thereafter if screened negative (2012 update). The gain with re-screening remains unknown. We aimed to i)identify the risk of latent TB infection at baseline screening among patients candidates to initiate biolog...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.75.5.568-b