2023
1901. High Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Malaysian Prison
Zhang L, Shenoi S, Kamarulzaman A, Dhaliwal S, Ahmad A, Altice F. 1901. High Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Malaysian Prison. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.1729. PMCID: PMC10677608, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLatent tuberculosis infectionPrevalence of LTBIRisk of LTBITB preventive therapyIndependent risk factorTuberculin skin testC-reactive proteinActive TBPreventive therapyTuberculosis infectionRisk factorsHigh prevalenceMultivariable logistic regressionOpioid use disorderRisk of hepatotoxicityChest X-rayDrug use historyPaucity of dataLTBI treatmentHCV infectionHepatitis CHepatitis BMedian ageBlood testsSkin test
2019
Low expression Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) alleles and tuberculosis in HIV infected South Africans
Reid D, Shenoi S, Singh R, Wang M, Patel V, Das R, Hiramen K, Moosa Y, Eksteen F, Moll AP, Ndung'u T, Kasprowicz V, Leng L, Friedland GH, Bucala R. Low expression Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) alleles and tuberculosis in HIV infected South Africans. Cytokine X 2019, 1: 100004. PMID: 33604547, PMCID: PMC7885893, DOI: 10.1016/j.cytox.2019.100004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMacrophage migration inhibitory factorHigh prevalenceCytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factorLow expressionLaboratory-confirmed tuberculosisLow CD4 cellsTB disease casesHIV-positive cohortMigration inhibitory factorPromoter variantsHIV immunosuppressionMIF levelsActive tuberculosisCD4 cellsHIV infectionTB statusClinical informationHost immunityHIVDisease casesInhibitory factorTuberculosisFunctional polymorphismsC SNPGreater frequency