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High yield of culture-based diagnosis in a TB-endemic setting

Author: Demers, Anne-Marie ; Verver, Suzanne ; Boulle, Andrew ; Warren, Robin ; van Helden, Paul ; Behr, Marcel ; Coetzee, David Date: 2012 BACKGROUND: In most of the world, microbiologic diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is limited to microscopy. Recent guidelines recommend culture-based diagnosis where feasible. METHODS: In order to evaluate the relative and absolute incremental ... Read more c b
The incidence of tuberculosis in adolescents in the context of proposed TB vaccine trials

Author: Mahomed, Hassan Date: 2013 [Background] Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant global health problem and the development of new TB vaccines is one strategy proposed to address this scourge. Adolescents are a potential target group for new TB vaccines. Limited data are ... Read more
Optimal tuberculosis case-finding methodologies for field trials of new tuberculosis vaccines in young children

Author: Moyo, Sizulu Date: 2013 There is paucity of evidence to guide case-finding strategies in field trials of new tuberculosis vaccines conducted in young children. To investigate case-finding and case detection methods for tuberculosis in tuberculosis field trials ... Read more
The tuberculin skin test versus QuantiFERON TB Gold® in predicting tuberculosis disease in an adolescent cohort study in South Africa

Author: Mahomed, Hassan ; Hawkridge, Tony ; Verver, Suzanne ; Abrahams, Deborah ; Geiter, Lawrence ; Hatherill, Mark ; Ehrlich, Rodney ; Hanekom, Willem A ; Hussey, Gregory D Date: 2011 Setting This study was conducted in a high tuberculosis (TB) burden area in Worcester, South Africa, with a notified all TB incidence rate of 1,400/100,000. Main Objective To compare the predictive value of a baseline tuberculin skin test ... Read more c b

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