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| Christina T FiskeSummaryAffiliation: Vanderbilt University Country: USA Publications
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Abnormal immune responses in persons with previous extrapulmonary tuberculosis in an in vitro model that simulates in vivo infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosisChristina T Fiske
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 19:1142-9. 2012..tuberculosis. Our results suggest that persons who develop extrapulmonary tuberculosis have a subtle global immune defect that affects their response to M. tuberculosis infection...
Black race, sex, and extrapulmonary tuberculosis risk: an observational studyChristina T Fiske
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
BMC Infect Dis 10:16. 2010..Our objective was to determine race and sex differences in extrapulmonary tuberculosis risk in order to identify the optimal population in which to assess for host factors associated with extrapulmonary tuberculosis...
Accuracy of pharmacy and coded-diagnosis information in identifying tuberculosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritisChristina T Fiske
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 21:666-9. 2012..Previous studies suggest that disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) increase tuberculosis (TB) risk. The accuracy of pharmacy and coded-diagnosis information to identify persons with TB is unclear...
Increased frequency of regulatory T cells and T lymphocyte activation in persons with previously treated extrapulmonary tuberculosisAlexandre S de Almeida
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 19:45-52. 2012..Immune dysregulation may be a feature of individuals at risk for extrapulmonary tuberculosis...
