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