Background: Internationally-adopted children are a unique group of Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-vaccinated children with high rates of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in whom serial tuberculin ...

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ATS 2016, SAN FRANCISCO - A new skin test for tuberculosis infection has proven safe, easy to administer and accurate in two Phase III clinical trials, according to research presented at the ATS 2016 ...

As defined by US immigration law, immigrants are persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the US. In 2000 alone 850,000 immigrants were granted legal permanent residence status including ...

OBJECTIVE: Approximately 6000 women deliver annually at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, where 2.4% of women has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 60% is foreign-born. We conducted a ...

As hospitals look to trim costs, experts say that blood testing for tuberculosis, as opposed to skin testing, can result in big savings despite the higher up-front costs associated with the practice.