ArticleIranian Red Crescent medical journal2013
Latent and active tuberculosis: evaluation of injecting drug users.
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- Prevalence of tuberculosis among People Who Use Drugs 2000-2024: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Blended smartphone intervention for patients in opioid maintenance treatment in Iran: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Tuberculosis among People Who Use Drugs in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Addiction & health · 2023Review
- High prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Papua New Guinea.Tropical medicine and health · 2021Article
- Skin tests for the detection of Mycobacterial infections: achievements, current perspectives, and implications for other diseases.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2021Review
- The single recombinant M. tuberculosis protein DPPD provides enhanced performance of skin testing among HIV-infected tuberculosis patients.AMB Express · 2020Article
- Estimating the prevalence of Positive Tuberculin Skin Test Reactions in General Population and High-risk Groups: A Meta-analysis.International journal of preventive medicine · 2017Review
- Estimating the annual risk of tuberculosis infection and disease in southeast of iran using the bayesian mixture method.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a high risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection among injecting drug users (IDUs).
objectivesThis study aimed to determine the frequency of latent and active TB infection among IDUs. MATERIALS AND
methodsIn a cross-sectional study between 2008 and 2009, IDUs referred to the methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) centers in Hamedan-Iran, undergone tuberculin skin test (PPD; purified protein derivative) were recruited. The participants with positive results for PPD test (> 5 mm and > 10 mm in HIV positive and negative cases), undergone other complementary procedures such as chest-X-ray and sputum smear test.
resultsOverall, 268 IDUs between 18 and 70 (mean: 34.5 [8.2]) years were included in the study. PPD test had positive findings in 49 cases (18.3%). There was no significant difference of PPD positivity between HIV positive and negative participants (17.7% vs. 18.5%). An active TB was found among IDUs.
conclusionsThe high prevalence of latent and active TB among IDUs indicates the need for TB screening tests among this population.
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