2024
Accelerated Bacille Calmette-Guérin reactions: More than meets the eye
Villanueva P, Crawford N, Croda M, Croda J, Dalcolmo M, Jardim B, de Almeida Pinto Jardim T, Marshall H, Prat-Aymerich C, Sawka A, Sharma K, Troeman D, Warris A, Wood N, Messina N, Pittet L, Curtis N. Accelerated Bacille Calmette-Guérin reactions: More than meets the eye. Heliyon 2024, 10: e32510. PMID: 39027494, PMCID: PMC11255489, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterferon-gamma release assayBacille Calmette-GuerinTB prevalence settingInjection site reactionsBCG reactionBCG vaccinationSite reactionsTB infectionLow TB prevalence countriesHistory of BCG vaccinationLocal injection site reactionsBacille Calmette-Guerin vaccineTB prevalence countriesInternational randomised trialLatent TB infectionDays of vaccinationSafety surveillance dataActive tuberculosisAdverse eventsBCG vaccineesMycobacterial exposureRelease assayClinical significanceTB symptomsFemale sex
2022
Evaluation of chest X-ray with automated interpretation algorithms for mass tuberculosis screening in prisons: A cross-sectional study
Soares T, de Oliveira R, Liu Y, da Silva Santos A, dos Santos P, Monte L, de Oliveira L, Park C, Hwang E, Andrews J, Croda J. Evaluation of chest X-ray with automated interpretation algorithms for mass tuberculosis screening in prisons: A cross-sectional study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022, 17: 100388. PMID: 36776567, PMCID: PMC9904090, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChest X-rayWorld Health OrganizationTB screeningPrevious TBInterpretation algorithmsAbnormality scoreXpert MTB/RIFSputum bacillary loadSystematic Tuberculosis ScreeningMultivariable logistic regressionMTB/RIFCross-sectional studyEffective triage toolX-ray imagesTB symptomsClinical characteristicsBacillary loadPrior TBTuberculosis screeningTriage testUS National InstitutesAlgorithm accuracyTriage toolStandardized questionnaireConfirmatory testing