Exploring the link between cardiovascular risk factors and manifestations in latent tuberculosis infection: a comprehensive literature review.
Irawaty DjaharuddinMuzakkir AmirAndriany QanithaPublished in: The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology (2023)
This article highlights the critical role of LTBI in perpetuating the tuberculosis disease cycle and its association with cardiovascular risk factors. Chronic and persistent low inflammation underlined the association. Identifying high-risk LTBI patients and providing targeted preventive medication are crucial strategies for global TB eradication and interrupting transmission chains.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular risk factors
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- cardiovascular disease
- metabolic syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- oxidative stress
- chronic kidney disease
- adverse drug
- case report
- cancer therapy
- human immunodeficiency virus
- patient reported outcomes
- drug induced
- helicobacter pylori infection