Incident Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in household contacts of infectious tuberculosis patients in Brazil

Incident Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in household contacts of infectious tuberculosis patients in Brazil

Abstract Background In household contact investigations of tuberculosis (TB), a second tuberculin skin test (TST) obtained several weeks after a first negative result consistently identifies individuals that undergo TST conversion. It remains unclear whether this delay in M. tuberculosis infection i...

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Main Authors: Edward C. Jones-López, Carlos Acuña-Villaorduña, Geisa Fregona, Patricia Marques-Rodrigues, Laura F. White, David Jamil Hadad, Lucilia Pereira Dutra-Molina, Solange Vinhas, Avery I. McIntosh, Mary Gaeddert, Rodrigo Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Padmini Salgame, Moises Palaci, David Alland, Jerrold J. Ellner, Reynaldo Dietze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Household contact study
M. tuberculosis infection
TST conversion
Brazil
Latent tuberculosis infection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2675-3

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