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Rautman LH, Kammerer JS, Silk BJ, Marconi VC, Youngblood ME, Edwards JA, Wortham JM, Self JL. Characteristics of TB cases without documented sputum culture in the United States, 2011-2021. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2024; 28:231-236. [PMID: 38659143 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.23.0432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Culture-based diagnostics are the gold standard for diagnosing pulmonary TB (PTB). We characterized culture practices by comparing cases with documented sputum culture to those without.METHODS Using multivariable logistic regression, we examined associations between PTB case characteristics and no documented sputum culture reported to the U.S. National TB Surveillance System during 2011-2021.RESULTS Among 69,538 PTB cases analyzed, no sputum culture attempt was documented for 5,869 (8%). Non-sputum culture specimens were documented for 54%, 80%, and 89% of cases without documented sputum culture attempts among persons aged <15 years, 15-64, and 65+ years, respectively; bronchial fluid and lung tissue were common non-sputum specimens among cases in persons >15 years old. Having no documented sputum culture was associated with age <15 years (aOR 23.84, 99% CI 20.09-28.27) or ≥65 years (aOR 1.22, 99% CI 1.07-1.39), culture of a non-sputum specimen (aOR 6.57, 99% CI 5.93-7.28), residence in a long-term care facility (aOR 1.58, 99% CI 1.23-2.01), and receiving TB care outside of a health department (aOR 1.79, 99% CI 1.61-1.98).CONCLUSIONS Inability to obtain sputum from children and higher diagnostic suspicion for disease processes that require tissue-based diagnostics could explain these findings..
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- L H Rautman
- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Yamkovoy K, Self JL, Jenkins HE, Horsburgh CR, White LF. Patterns of TB transmission in the United States, 2011-2017. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2024; 28:154-156. [PMID: 38454181 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.23.0422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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- K Yamkovoy
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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Bertrand CE, Self JL, Copley JRD, Faraone A. Nanoscopic length scale dependence of hydrogen bonded molecular associates' dynamics in methanol. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:194501. [PMID: 28527447 PMCID: PMC5648548 DOI: 10.1063/1.4983179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
In a recent paper [C. E. Bertrand et al., J. Chem. Phys. 145, 014502 (2016)], we have shown that the collective dynamics of methanol shows a fast relaxation process related to the standard density-fluctuation heat mode and a slow non-Fickian mode originating from the hydrogen bonded molecular associates. Here we report on the length scale dependence of this slow relaxation process. Using quasielastic neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations, we show that the dynamics of the slow process is affected by the structuring of the associates, which is accessible through polarized neutron diffraction experiments. Using a series of partially deuterated samples, the dynamics of the associates is investigated and is found to have a similar time scale to the lifetime of hydrogen bonding in the system. Both the structural relaxation and the dynamics of the associates are thermally activated by the breaking of hydrogen bonding.
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- C E Bertrand
- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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Bertrand CE, Self JL, Copley JRD, Faraone A. Erratum: "Dynamic signature of molecular association in methanol" [J. Chem. Phys. 145, 014502 (2016)]. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:059901. [PMID: 28178797 DOI: 10.1063/1.4975774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- C E Bertrand
- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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Self JL, Stein AD. Secular trends in female adult stature in relationship to gross domestic product around time of birth. FASEB J 2012. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.130.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Nutrition and Health SciencesEmory UniversityAtlantaGA
- Rollins School of Public HealthEmory UniversityAtlantaGA
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Self JL, Wyatt A, Girard AW. Successful strategies and barriers to community gardening in metro Atlanta, Georgia. FASEB J 2012. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.389.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Rollins School of Public HealthEmory UniversityAtlantaGA
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- Nutrition and Health SciencesEmory UniversityAtlantaGA
- Rollins School of Public HealthEmory UniversityAtlantaGA
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Feldman DB, Moore JA, Harris MW, Self JL. Characteristics of common helminths of the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) from North Carolina. Lab Anim Sci 1972; 22:183-9. [PMID: 4336985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Feldman DB, Self JL. Sedation and anesthesia of the Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana. Lab Anim Sci 1971; 21:717-20. [PMID: 4329235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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