Geisa Fregona

TL;DR: Treatment outcomes were significantly better with use of linezolid, later generation fluoroquinolones, bedaquiline, clofazimine, and carbapenems for treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and the need for trials to ascertain the optimal combination and duration of these drugs is emphasised.

TL;DR: Intensity of exposure increased risk of TB infection and disease among household contacts; however, its diagnostic performance was still suboptimal and a biomarker to target preventive therapy is urgently needed.

TL;DR: Results indicate nursing students as a group at risk for TB infection, and reinforces the need for implementing special biosafety programs targeting this professional group.

TL;DR: In this article, a perfil epidemiologico dos cases of tuberculose notificados by profissionais of saude in the Programa de Controle da Tuberculose do Hospital Universitario Cassiano Antonio de Moraes, em Vitoria (ES) Brazil, was investigated.

TL;DR: The degree to which tuberculosis (TB) is transmitted between persons is variable as mentioned in this paper, and identifying the factors that contribute to transmission could provide new opportunities for TB control, which is difficult to distinguish their individual effects.