 Latent Tuberculosis
"Latent Tuberculosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2018 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Latent Tuberculosis" by people in Profiles.
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Stout JE, Turner NA, Belknap RW, Horsburgh CR, Sterling TR, Phillips PPJ. Reply to Swindells et al.: Trials of Tuberculosis-Preventive Therapy in People with HIV Infection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 07 15; 202(2):305-306.
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Stout JE, Turner NA, Belknap RW, Horsburgh CR, Sterling TR, Phillips PPJ. Optimizing the Design of Latent Tuberculosis Treatment Trials: Insights from Mathematical Modeling. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 03 01; 201(5):598-605.
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Sterling TR, Njie G, Zenner D, Cohn DL, Reves R, Ahmed A, Menzies D, Horsburgh CR, Crane CM, Burgos M, LoBue P, Winston CA, Belknap R. Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2020. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2020 02 14; 69(1):1-11.
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Ahmed A, Feng PI, Gaensbauer JT, Reves RR, Khurana R, Salcedo K, Punnoose R, Katz DJ. Interferon-? Release Assays in Children <15 Years of Age. Pediatrics. 2020 01; 145(1).
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Haas MK, Belknap RW. Diagnostic Tests for Latent Tuberculosis Infection. Clin Chest Med. 2019 12; 40(4):829-837.
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Venkatappa TK, Punnoose R, Katz DJ, Higgins MP, Banaei N, Graviss EA, Belknap RW, Ho CS. Comparing QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus with Other Tests To Diagnose Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 11; 57(11).
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Sosa LE, Njie GJ, Lobato MN, Bamrah Morris S, Buchta W, Casey ML, Goswami ND, Gruden M, Hurst BJ, Khan AR, Kuhar DT, Lewinsohn DM, Mathew TA, Mazurek GH, Reves R, Paulos L, Thanassi W, Will L, Belknap R. Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of U.S. Health Care Personnel: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 May 17; 68(19):439-443.
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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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Brooks KM, George JM, Pau AK, Rupert A, Mehaffy C, De P, Dobos KM, Kellogg A, McLaughlin M, McManus M, Alfaro RM, Hadigan C, Kovacs JA, Kumar P. Cytokine-Mediated Systemic Adverse Drug Reactions in a Drug-Drug Interaction Study of Dolutegravir With Once-Weekly Isoniazid and Rifapentine. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 07 02; 67(2):193-201.
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Chee CBE, Reves R, Zhang Y, Belknap R. Latent tuberculosis infection: Opportunities and challenges. Respirology. 2018 10; 23(10):893-900.
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