 Latent Tuberculosis
"Latent Tuberculosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The dormant form of TUBERCULOSIS where the person shows no obvious symptoms and no sign of the causative agent (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) in the SPUTUM despite being positive for tuberculosis infection skin test.
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D055985
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.552.846.122
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| Concept/Terms |
Latent Tuberculosis- Latent Tuberculosis
- Latent Tuberculoses
- Tuberculoses, Latent
- Tuberculosis, Latent
- Latent Tuberculosis Infection
- Infection, Latent Tuberculosis
- Infections, Latent Tuberculosis
- Latent Tuberculosis Infections
- Tuberculosis Infection, Latent
- Tuberculosis Infections, Latent
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Latent Tuberculosis" by people in Profiles.
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Haas MK, Belknap RW. Updates in the Treatment of Active and Latent Tuberculosis. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Jun; 39(3):297-309.
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Gaensbauer J, Gonzales B, Belknap R, Wilson ML, O'Connor ME. Interferon-Gamma Release Assay-Based Screening for Pediatric Latent Tuberculosis Infection in an Urban Primary Care Network. J Pediatr. 2018 09; 200:202-209.
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Gaensbauer J, Aiona K, Haas M, Reves R, Young J, Belknap R. Better Completion of Pediatric Latent Tuberculosis Treatment Using 4 Months of Rifampin in a US-based Tuberculosis Clinic. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 03; 37(3):224-228.
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Goletti D, Lee MR, Wang JY, Walter N, Ottenhoff THM. Update on tuberculosis biomarkers: From correlates of risk, to correlates of active disease and of cure from disease. Respirology. 2018 05; 23(5):455-466.
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Vajravelu RK, Osterman MT, Aberra FN, Roy JA, Lichtenstein GR, Mamtani R, Goldberg DS, Lewis JD, Scott FI. Indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Gold Increases Likelihood of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment Delay and Hospitalization. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2017 12 19; 24(1):217-226.
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Lewinsohn DM, Leonard MK, LoBue PA, Cohn DL, Daley CL, Desmond E, Keane J, Lewinsohn DA, Loeffler AM, Mazurek GH, O'Brien RJ, Pai M, Richeldi L, Salfinger M, Shinnick TM, Sterling TR, Warshauer DM, Woods GL. Official American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jan 15; 64(2):111-115.
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Lewinsohn DM, Leonard MK, LoBue PA, Cohn DL, Daley CL, Desmond E, Keane J, Lewinsohn DA, Loeffler AM, Mazurek GH, O'Brien RJ, Pai M, Richeldi L, Salfinger M, Shinnick TM, Sterling TR, Warshauer DM, Woods GL. Official American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jan 15; 64(2):e1-e33.
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De Groote MA, Higgins M, Hraha T, Wall K, Wilson ML, Sterling DG, Janjic N, Reves R, Ochsner UA, Belknap R. Highly Multiplexed Proteomic Analysis of Quantiferon Supernatants To Identify Biomarkers of Latent Tuberculosis Infection. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 02; 55(2):391-402.
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Gras S, Van Rhijn I, Shahine A, Cheng TY, Bhati M, Tan LL, Halim H, Tuttle KD, Gapin L, Le Nours J, Moody DB, Rossjohn J. T cell receptor recognition of CD1b presenting a mycobacterial glycolipid. Nat Commun. 2016 10 27; 7:13257.
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Reves R, Daley CL. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Key Step Toward Achieving Tuberculosis Elimination in the United States. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 10 01; 176(10):1439-1440.
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