BCG VACCINE for percutaneous use is an attenuated, live culture preparation of the Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin (BCG) strain of Mycobacterium bovis.{1} The TICE® strain used in this BCG VACCINE preparation was developed at the University of Illinois from a strain originated at the Pasteur...
Interferon-gamma release assays (QuantiFERON-TB Gold and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube [QFT]) are new alternatives to the tuberculin skin test to diagnose latent TB infection (LTBI) that have no cross-reactivity with the BCG vaccine. We evaluated the cost effectiveness of QFT versus CXR versus...
To test whether there is any relationship between asthma prevalence and BCG immunization or tuberculin skin text reaction.Cross-sectional survey.Secondary school in Haringey, North London, U.K.780 children aged 11-18 years (median 13.35 years).Administration of tuberculin skin text and questionnaire...
The only licensed tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG), fails to reliably protect adolescents and adults from pulmonary TB, resulting in ~1.6 million deaths annually. Protein subunit vaccines have shown promise against TB in clinical studies. Unfortunately, most subunit vaccines ...
Tuberculosis (TB) presents globally a significant health problem and health care workers (HCW) are at increased risk of contracting TB infection. There is ... G Gran,Jrg Amus,AM Dyrhol-Riise - 《Bmc Public Health》 被引量: 55发表: 2013年 QuantiFERON-TB Gold test for screening latent tub...
control program. Early field trials with Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG)M. bovisvaccine in cattle produced disappointing results, with induction of tuberculin skin-test reactivity following vaccination and low levels of protection. However, other studies using a low dose of BCG vaccine in cattle have ...
Infants had to have received all age-appropriate routine immunisations, and two doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine at least 28 days before study vaccination (amended to 14 days during enrolment). All infants had to be HIV ELISA negative, QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube test (QFT; Cellestis,...
We propose a standard approach for all Australian medical students that includes screening with TST and QuantiFERON-TB Gold/T-SPOT.TB at course entry, and recommending BCG vaccination for students who test negative, provided they have not previously received BCG vaccine....
We determined the prevalence of latent TB infection (LTBI) in HCWs with a high Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine coverage in an intermediate TB burden country by using an interferon-gamma release assay [QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G)] and by using the tuberculin skin test (TST). Risk ...
The aim of the current study was to examine whether BCG vaccination has a protective role against latent TB infection (LTBI) among children in close contact with an adult index case in a low TB endemicity setting with the use of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT). The seco...