For treating LTBI, Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends one course of rifapentine and RIF treatment for 3–4 months, and the second is INH monotherapy that lasts for 6–9 months in the US; the LTBI treatment may also contain PZA, EMB in many other countries [262]. The TB ...
The CDC website provides ample educational information regarding tuberculosis. It gives a detail description of what Tuberculosis is, the testing used and how it works. The website also addresses the risk factors of tuberculosis and warns that traveling to countries such as Africa, Asia and Central...
CDC guidelines recommend ethambutol; however, given its poor CNS penetration, the AAP recommends either ethionamide or an aminoglycoside.12 Ethionamide is a thioamide and prodrug requiring activation by mycobacterial EthA with good CNS penetration.74 Along with isoniazid, it inhibits mycolic acid ...
Patient information on TB can be found at the following sites: CDC Tuberculosis (TB) World Health Organization Tuberculosis For patient education information, see the Infections Center, as well as Tuberculosis. References Pathophysiology Infection with M tuberculosis results most commonly through exposure ...
We report the first case in the medical literature of disseminated Cornybacterium propinquum (C propinquum) infection in a patient with extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The microbiology and the treatment of this unusual bacterium is reviewed.DOI: 10.1016/S1069-417X(01)80022-4 年份...
Thus, CDC guidelines determined three diameter cut-points (5, 10 and 15 mm) to define a positive reaction based on certain risk factors for TB infection (Table 3) [84]. It is important to note that the specificity of the test increases as the diameter increases. Thus, an induration ...
For additional information see the USPSTF Procedure Manual.9 CDC indicates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; IGRA, interferon-gamma release assay; LTBI, latent tuberculosis infection; TST, tuberculin skin test. Figure 2. Literature Search Flow Diagram: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis ...
Tuberculosis Elimination in the Netherlands - Volume 11, Number 4—April 2005 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC In the 1940s and 1950s, Dutch scientists became increasingly critical of the practices of commercial dairy cattle breeders. Milk yields had hardly increase... MWBE Al 被引量...
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