These guidelines are intended for use by infectious disease specialists, orthopedic
surgeons, neurosurgeons, radiologists, and other healthcare professionals who care for …

Diagnosis of tuberculosis, and especially the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, still
faces challenges in clinical practice. There are several reasons for this. Methods based on …

The preventive treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is of great importance for the
elimination and control of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, but existing screening methods for …

Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplant
recipients: a global perspective | Bone Marrow Transplantation Skip to main content Thank you …

This report updates and combines earlier versions of guidelines for the prevention and
treatment of opportunistic infections (OIs) in HIV-infected adults (ie, persons aged> 18 years) …

The global health community has set itself the task of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) as a
public health problem by 2050. Although progress has been made in global TB control, the …

In chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases, comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases
and infections are suboptimally prevented, screened for and managed. The objective of this …

Background: Interferon-γ–release assays (IGRAs) are alternatives to the tuberculin skin test
(TST). A recent meta-analysis showed that IGRAs have high specificity, even among …

The BCG World Atlas: A Database of Global BCG Vaccination Policies and Practices | PLOS
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We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the accuracy of the
QuantiFERON-TB® Gold In-Tube (QFT-G-IT) and the T-SPOT®. TB assays with the …