Open AccessLatent Tuberculosis Infection and Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in Peru and Uganda
Author(s) -
Moisés A. Huamán,
Carlo N. De Cecco,
Márcio Sommer Bittencourt,
Eduardo Ticona,
Cissy Kityo,
Isabel Ballena,
Sophie Nalukwago,
Rashidah Nazzinda,
César Ticona,
Rubén Azañero,
Bin Zhang,
Carey Farquhar,
Thomas R. Hawn,
Timothy R. Sterling,
Carl J. Fichtenbaum,
Chris T. Longenecker
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa1934
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , latent tuberculosis , coronary artery disease , quantiferon , tuberculosis , subclinical infection , cross sectional study , mycobacterium tuberculosis , cardiology , pathology
Tuberculosis (TB) has been linked to an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). We assessed whether latent TB infection (LTBI) is associated with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in 2 TB-prevalent areas.