ReviewNew microbes and new infections2019
Risk factors and control strategies for silicotuberculosis as an occupational disease.
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- Silico-tuberculosis amidst COVID-19 pandemic: global scenario and Indian perspective.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Review
- Challenges and opportunities for silicosis prevention and control: need for a national health program on silicosis in India.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2023Review
- Recent advances in the detection of glioblastoma, from imaging-based methods to proteomics and biosensors: A narrative review.Cancer cell international · 2023Review
- A rare case of silicosis with hepatitis B infection.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Isolation of Enterococcus faecalis pathogenic genes isolated from oral infection by the effect of ionic liquids based on amino acid and its expression by real-time PCR.Folia microbiologica · 2022Article
- Deadly dust: Silicotuberculosis as a downplayed and overlooked fatal disease in Indonesia.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Epidemiology of tuberculosis among different occupational groups in Makkah region, Saudi Arabia.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Effects of Occupational Hazards on Job Stress and Mental Health of Factory Workers and Miners: A Propensity Score Analysis.BioMed research international · 2020Article
- Lipopolysaccharides promote pulmonary fibrosis in silicosis through the aggravation of apoptosis and inflammation in alveolar macrophages.Open life sciences · 2020Article
- Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium complex and related subspecies as causative agents of zoonotic and occupational diseases.Journal of cellular physiology · 2019Review
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Abstract
Silicotuberculosis is critical in community settings among workers and employees exposed to silica dust. Older age of entry (>30 years), male sex, infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), exposure duration, smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, migration, the severity of the silicosis and the intensity of the exposure are potential risk factors. Lack of timely diagnosis and treatment for tuberculosis (TB) may also raise the rate of infection; previous treatment of TB is possibly associated with the development of silicotuberculosis in more than half of patients, increasing with age (>40 years). Identification of risk factors benefits not only the academic research community, but also the workers or employees and policy making. Some strategies can be implemented, such as controlling or reducing exposure to silica dust, ensuring continuity of treatment of TB or extended anti-TB treatment, management of the situation by occupational health professionals, prevention of oscillating migration, providing workers with compensation, training and education in occupational health, improving the quality of life of miners and workers, intensive medical surveillance and TB screening in routine health check ups, and policy making for higher immunity to inhibit inhalation of dust by workers or employees.
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