2020
A summary of the proceedings of a meeting on the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in target populations in Brazil
Rolla V, Trajman A, Kawamura M, Cavalcante S, Soares E, Perini F, Carvalho A, Croda J, Silva J, Schmaltz C, Sant'Anna F, Bastos M, Gomes A, Durovni B, Saraceni V, Silva E, Mello F, Santos M, Pinto M. A summary of the proceedings of a meeting on the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in target populations in Brazil. Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia 2020, 46: e20200023. PMID: 32696834, PMCID: PMC7567628, DOI: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20200023.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Active and latent tuberculosis in Brazilian correctional facilities: a cross-sectional study
Carbone Ada S, Paião DS, Sgarbi RV, Lemos EF, Cazanti RF, Ota MM, Junior AL, Bampi JV, Elias VP, Simionatto S, Motta-Castro AR, Pompílio MA, de Oliveira SM, Ko AI, Andrews JR, Croda J. Active and latent tuberculosis in Brazilian correctional facilities: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infectious Diseases 2015, 15: 24. PMID: 25608746, PMCID: PMC4307675, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0764-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatent tuberculosis infectionPrevalence of LTBITuberculin skin testActive TBLTBI prevalenceWeeks of symptomsHigh transmission settingsCross-sectional studyPopulation-based samplePoisson regression modelsDuration of incarcerationHierarchical Poisson regression modelActive diseaseTB infectionLatent tuberculosisTB casesHIV testingSputum cultureTuberculosis infectionPoint prevalenceSkin testTuberculosis incidenceRisk factorsMultivariable modelSputum samples