 Latent Tuberculosis
"Latent Tuberculosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The dormant form of TUBERCULOSIS where the person shows no obvious symptoms and no sign of the causative agent (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) in the SPUTUM despite being positive for tuberculosis infection skin test.
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D055985
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.552.846.122
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| Concept/Terms |
Latent Tuberculosis- Latent Tuberculosis
- Latent Tuberculoses
- Tuberculoses, Latent
- Tuberculosis, Latent
- Latent Tuberculosis Infection
- Infection, Latent Tuberculosis
- Infections, Latent Tuberculosis
- Latent Tuberculosis Infections
- Tuberculosis Infection, Latent
- Tuberculosis Infections, Latent
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Latent Tuberculosis" by people in Profiles.
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Kitai I, Rea E, Rose W. Analysis and Reporting of Tests for Tuberculosis Infection in Childhood Contacts of Infectious Source Cases. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 08; 38(8):e191.
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Hildebrand KJ, Atkinson A, Kitai I. Rifampin hypersensitivity in a 2-year-old child with successful rapid oral desensitization. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jul; 33(7):787.
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Rose W, Read SE, Bitnun A, Rea E, Stephens D, Pongsamart W, Kitai I. Relating Tuberculosis (TB) Contact Characteristics to QuantiFERON-TB-Gold and Tuberculin Skin Test Results in the Toronto Pediatric TB Clinic. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Jun; 4(2):96-103.
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Science M, Ito S, Kitai I. Isoniazid toxicity in a 5-year-old boy. CMAJ. 2013 Jul 09; 185(10):894-6.
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