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Sharma SK, Mohan A (2009). Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases. In RE Rakel, ET Bope, eds., Conn's Current Therapy 2009. pp. 282-290. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Ludvigsson JF, et al. (2007). Coeliac disease and risk of tuberculosis: A population based cohort study. Thorax, 62(1): 23-28.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005). Guidelines for using the QuantiFERON^®-TB test for diagnosing latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. MMWR, 54(RR-15): 49-55.

American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Infectious Diseases Society of America (2003). Treatment of tuberculosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 167(4): 603-662.

Other Works Consulted

Akolo C, et al. (2010). Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV infected persons. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2009. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/statistics/reports/2009/default.htm.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). Updated guidelines for using interferon gamma release assays to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection-United States, 2010. MMWR, 59(RR-05): 1-25. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5905a1.htm?s_cid=rr5905a1_e.

World Health Organization (2010). Guidelines for intensified tuberculosis case-finding and isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings. Available online: http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/tb/9789241500708/en.

Ziganshina L, Garner P (2009). Tuberculosis (HIV-negative people), search date July 2008. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.

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Last Updated: April 15, 2011

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