PURPOSE To observe the current situation of tuberculosis and its control measures in hemodialysis facilities in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. METHOD Questionnaires on medical dialysis and tuberculosis were sent to hemodialysis facilities in Chiba Prefecture. RESULTS The questionnaires were answered by 55 of 127 facilities. Of the respondents, 46 (83.6%) were not aware of the recommendation of tr...

Tuberculosis (TB) is considered an occupational disease among health-care workers (HCWs). Direct contact with TB patients leads to an increased risk to become latently infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of latent M. tuberculosis minfection among nursing professionals of a hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, assessed by tuberculin...

OBJECTIVES This study compares the prevalence of Mantoux positivity among prisoners in NSW in 1996 and 2001 and examines factors associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. DESIGN Cross-sectional random samples of prisoners, including a longitudinal cohort of prisoners screened in both 1996 and 2001. SETTING 29 correctional centres. PARTICIPANTS 747 men and 167 women participate...

BACKGROUND The ability of medical residents training at U.S. urban medical centers to diagnose and manage tuberculosis cases has important public health implications. We assessed medical resident knowledge about tuberculosis diagnosis and early management based on American Thoracic Society guidelines. METHODS A 20-question tuberculosis knowledge survey was administered to 131 medical resident...

During early September 2014, the Arkansas Department of Health identified an increased number of tuberculosis (TB) cases among a unique population in a well-circumscribed geographical area in northwest Arkansas. The Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-239, amended in 2003 by Public Law 108-188) established the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) as an independent nation, a...

The Biologist (Lima) ISSN Versión Impresa 1816-0719 ISSN Versión en linea 1994-9073 ISSN Versión CD ROM 1994-9081 235 The Biologist (Lima), 2011, 9 (2), jul-dic: 235-240. The aim of this study was to detect patients with latent TB in high-risk HIV positives (HIV +) in the city of Lima, Peru in order to provide this population with appropriate treatment to avoid complications from HIV-Tuberculos...

Individuals who are latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis can develop active disease via either endogenous reactivation of the latent bacilli or exogenous reinfection with a second mycobacterial strain. In this study, we investigated whether immunization with a tuberculosis DNA vaccine cocktail that induces significant protective responses in mice could prevent reactivation of disea...

The frequency of latent tuberculosis has been recognized since the latter part of the seventeenth century, but the true significance of these latent lesions in relation to other tuberculous conditions has not received the attention they merit. Recently, however, Continental and American workers have thrown some light on this important subject. In particular, E. L. Opie,1 of Pennsylvania, points...