Incipient and subclinical tuberculosis: a clinical review of early stages and progression of infection

PK Drain, KL Bajema, D Dowdy, K Dheda… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide, due in part to a
limited understanding of its clinical pathogenic spectrum of infection and disease …

From immunology to artificial intelligence: revolutionizing latent tuberculosis infection diagnosis with machine learning

LS Li, L Yang, L Zhuang, ZY Ye, WG Zhao… - Military Medical …, 2023 - Springer
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has become a major source of active tuberculosis (ATB).
Although the tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assay can be used to …

Risk of tuberculosis reactivation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis receiving non‐anti‐TNF‐targeted biologics

F Cantini, C Nannini, L Niccoli, L Petrone… - Mediators of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) still represents an important issue for public health in underdeveloped
countries, but the use of antitumor necrosis factor agents (anti‐TNF) for the treatment of …

Fourth-generation QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus: what is the evidence?

A Shafeque, J Bigio, CA Hogan, M Pai… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) is the latest generation of interferon
gamma release assays (IGRAs) to receive approval from the US FDA, replacing its …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy of QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 research use only assay and characterization of the CD4+ and CD8+ T cell-SARS-CoV-2 response: comparison with …

A Aiello, A Coppola, V Vanini, L Petrone… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives: In this study, we aimed to characterize the SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell response
detected by the QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 research use only assay in terms of accuracy …

[HTML][HTML] Analytical evaluation of QuantiFERON-Plus and QuantiFERON-Gold In-tube assays in subjects with or without tuberculosis

E Petruccioli, V Vanini, T Chiacchio, G Cuzzi, DM Cirillo… - Tuberculosis, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) represents the new QuantiFERON-TB
Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) to identify latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The main differences is …

QuantiFERON TB Gold Plus for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G Sotgiu, L Saderi, E Petruccioli, S Aliberti, A Piana… - Journal of Infection, 2019 - Elsevier
Estimated 2017 tuberculosis (TB) incidence is 10 million and mainly depends on the
reservoir of individuals with latent TB infection (LTBI). QuantiferonⓇ-TB Gold in-Tube (QFT …

Advances in diagnostics and drug discovery against resistant and latent tuberculosis infection

C Shleider Carnero Canales, J Marquez Cazorla… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) represents a subclinical, asymptomatic mycobacterial
state affecting approximately 25% of the global population. The substantial prevalence of …

[HTML][HTML] Managing latent tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis in children

I Carvalho, D Goletti, S Manga, DR Silva, D Manissero… - Pulmonology, 2018 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. The aim
of this review is to describe the management of the child with TB and latent tuberculosis …

[引用][C] The global prevalence of latent tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Cohen, VD Mathiasen, T Schön… - European Respiratory …, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc