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Adults who have an increased risk for tuberculosis should be screened for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), according to a draft recommendation statement released by the U.S. Preventive ...

Source Reference: Jonas DE, et al "Screening for latent tuberculosis infection in adults: updated evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force" JAMA 2023; DOI ...

One of the major challenges in tuberculosis (TB) management is to identify the different stages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Although a quarter of the global population is estimated ...

Thorough screening for latent TB, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C before b/tsDMARD therapy in RA patients improves safety and ...

COVID-19 reactivated viruses that had become latent in cells following previous infections, particularly in people with chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME/CFS.

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection which affects roughly 1 in 3 humans: around 2.4 billion people. In its acute version, it can be lethal. But, for most people, it is latent and lacks clinical ...

In clinical trials, a regimen of rifampin and pyrazinamide was shown to be as effective and as safe as isoniazid in HIV-infected persons with latent tuberculosis infection. 29–31 However, there ...