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Positive skin infectious agent test

MedGen UID:
1052983
•Concept ID:
CN377060
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0430117

Definition

Any kind of test for an infectious agent in skin positive. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents: Testing and Treatment.
Nolt D, Starke JR
Pediatrics 2021 Dec 1;148(6) doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-054663. PMID: 34851422
A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2018 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology.
Miller JM, Binnicker MJ, Campbell S, Carroll KC, Chapin KC, Gilligan PH, Gonzalez MD, Jerris RC, Kehl SC, Patel R, Pritt BS, Richter SS, Robinson-Dunn B, Schwartzman JD, Snyder JW, Telford S 3rd, Theel ES, Thomson RB Jr, Weinstein MP, Yao JD
Clin Infect Dis 2018 Aug 31;67(6):e1-e94. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy381. PMID: 29955859Free PMC Article
A guide to utilization of the microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of infectious diseases: 2013 recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)(a).
Baron EJ, Miller JM, Weinstein MP, Richter SS, Gilligan PH, Thomson RB Jr, Bourbeau P, Carroll KC, Kehl SC, Dunne WM, Robinson-Dunn B, Schwartzman JD, Chapin KC, Snyder JW, Forbes BA, Patel R, Rosenblatt JE, Pritt BS
Clin Infect Dis 2013 Aug;57(4):e22-e121. Epub 2013 Jul 10 doi: 10.1093/cid/cit278. PMID: 23845951Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Efficacy of a Clinical Decision Rule to Enable Direct Oral Challenge in Patients With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy: The PALACE Randomized Clinical Trial.
Copaescu AM, Vogrin S, James F, Chua KYL, Rose MT, De Luca J, Waldron J, Awad A, Godsell J, Mitri E, Lambros B, Douglas A, Youcef Khoudja R, Isabwe GAC, Genest G, Fein M, Radojicic C, Collier A, Lugar P, Stone C, Ben-Shoshan M, Turner NA, Holmes NE, Phillips EJ, Trubiano JA
JAMA Intern Med 2023 Sep 1;183(9):944-952. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.2986. PMID: 37459086Free PMC Article
Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents: Testing and Treatment.
Nolt D, Starke JR
Pediatrics 2021 Dec 1;148(6) doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-054663. PMID: 34851422
Development and Validation of a Penicillin Allergy Clinical Decision Rule.
Trubiano JA, Vogrin S, Chua KYL, Bourke J, Yun J, Douglas A, Stone CA, Yu R, Groenendijk L, Holmes NE, Phillips EJ
JAMA Intern Med 2020 May 1;180(5):745-752. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0403. PMID: 32176248Free PMC Article
A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2018 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology.
Miller JM, Binnicker MJ, Campbell S, Carroll KC, Chapin KC, Gilligan PH, Gonzalez MD, Jerris RC, Kehl SC, Patel R, Pritt BS, Richter SS, Robinson-Dunn B, Schwartzman JD, Snyder JW, Telford S 3rd, Theel ES, Thomson RB Jr, Weinstein MP, Yao JD
Clin Infect Dis 2018 Aug 31;67(6):e1-e94. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy381. PMID: 29955859Free PMC Article
Anti-IgE treatment with oral immunotherapy in multifood allergic participants: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial.
Andorf S, Purington N, Block WM, Long AJ, Tupa D, Brittain E, Rudman Spergel A, Desai M, Galli SJ, Nadeau KC, Chinthrajah RS
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018 Feb;3(2):85-94. Epub 2017 Dec 12 doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30392-8. PMID: 29242014Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Efficacy of a Clinical Decision Rule to Enable Direct Oral Challenge in Patients With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy: The PALACE Randomized Clinical Trial.
Copaescu AM, Vogrin S, James F, Chua KYL, Rose MT, De Luca J, Waldron J, Awad A, Godsell J, Mitri E, Lambros B, Douglas A, Youcef Khoudja R, Isabwe GAC, Genest G, Fein M, Radojicic C, Collier A, Lugar P, Stone C, Ben-Shoshan M, Turner NA, Holmes NE, Phillips EJ, Trubiano JA
JAMA Intern Med 2023 Sep 1;183(9):944-952. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.2986. PMID: 37459086Free PMC Article
Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents: Testing and Treatment.
Nolt D, Starke JR
Pediatrics 2021 Dec 1;148(6) doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-054663. PMID: 34851422
The diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI): currently available tests, future developments, and perspectives to eliminate tuberculosis (TB).
Zellweger JP, Sotgiu G, Corradi M, Durando P
Med Lav 2020 Jun 26;111(3):170-183. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v111i3.9983. PMID: 32624559Free PMC Article
Development and Validation of a Penicillin Allergy Clinical Decision Rule.
Trubiano JA, Vogrin S, Chua KYL, Bourke J, Yun J, Douglas A, Stone CA, Yu R, Groenendijk L, Holmes NE, Phillips EJ
JAMA Intern Med 2020 May 1;180(5):745-752. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0403. PMID: 32176248Free PMC Article
A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2018 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology.
Miller JM, Binnicker MJ, Campbell S, Carroll KC, Chapin KC, Gilligan PH, Gonzalez MD, Jerris RC, Kehl SC, Patel R, Pritt BS, Richter SS, Robinson-Dunn B, Schwartzman JD, Snyder JW, Telford S 3rd, Theel ES, Thomson RB Jr, Weinstein MP, Yao JD
Clin Infect Dis 2018 Aug 31;67(6):e1-e94. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy381. PMID: 29955859Free PMC Article

Therapy

Efficacy of a Clinical Decision Rule to Enable Direct Oral Challenge in Patients With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy: The PALACE Randomized Clinical Trial.
Copaescu AM, Vogrin S, James F, Chua KYL, Rose MT, De Luca J, Waldron J, Awad A, Godsell J, Mitri E, Lambros B, Douglas A, Youcef Khoudja R, Isabwe GAC, Genest G, Fein M, Radojicic C, Collier A, Lugar P, Stone C, Ben-Shoshan M, Turner NA, Holmes NE, Phillips EJ, Trubiano JA
JAMA Intern Med 2023 Sep 1;183(9):944-952. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.2986. PMID: 37459086Free PMC Article
Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents: Testing and Treatment.
Nolt D, Starke JR
Pediatrics 2021 Dec 1;148(6) doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-054663. PMID: 34851422
Development and Validation of a Penicillin Allergy Clinical Decision Rule.
Trubiano JA, Vogrin S, Chua KYL, Bourke J, Yun J, Douglas A, Stone CA, Yu R, Groenendijk L, Holmes NE, Phillips EJ
JAMA Intern Med 2020 May 1;180(5):745-752. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0403. PMID: 32176248Free PMC Article
Anti-IgE treatment with oral immunotherapy in multifood allergic participants: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial.
Andorf S, Purington N, Block WM, Long AJ, Tupa D, Brittain E, Rudman Spergel A, Desai M, Galli SJ, Nadeau KC, Chinthrajah RS
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018 Feb;3(2):85-94. Epub 2017 Dec 12 doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30392-8. PMID: 29242014Free PMC Article
Blastomycosis.
Smith JA, Kauffman CA
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2010 May;7(3):173-80. doi: 10.1513/pats.200906-040AL. PMID: 20463245

Prognosis

Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents: Testing and Treatment.
Nolt D, Starke JR
Pediatrics 2021 Dec 1;148(6) doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-054663. PMID: 34851422
The diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI): currently available tests, future developments, and perspectives to eliminate tuberculosis (TB).
Zellweger JP, Sotgiu G, Corradi M, Durando P
Med Lav 2020 Jun 26;111(3):170-183. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v111i3.9983. PMID: 32624559Free PMC Article
Development and Validation of a Penicillin Allergy Clinical Decision Rule.
Trubiano JA, Vogrin S, Chua KYL, Bourke J, Yun J, Douglas A, Stone CA, Yu R, Groenendijk L, Holmes NE, Phillips EJ
JAMA Intern Med 2020 May 1;180(5):745-752. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0403. PMID: 32176248Free PMC Article
Tuberculin skin test and isoniazid prophylaxis among health care workers in high tuberculosis prevalence areas.
Khawcharoenporn T, Apisarnthanarak A, Sungkanuparph S, Woeltje KF, Fraser VJ
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2011 Jan;15(1):14-23. PMID: 21276291
Preventing surgical-site infections in nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus.
Bode LG, Kluytmans JA, Wertheim HF, Bogaers D, Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM, Roosendaal R, Troelstra A, Box AT, Voss A, van der Tweel I, van Belkum A, Verbrugh HA, Vos MC
N Engl J Med 2010 Jan 7;362(1):9-17. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0808939. PMID: 20054045

Clinical prediction guides

Personalized bacteriophage therapy outcomes for 100 consecutive cases: a multicentre, multinational, retrospective observational study.
Pirnay JP, Djebara S, Steurs G, Griselain J, Cochez C, De Soir S, Glonti T, Spiessens A, Vanden Berghe E, Green S, Wagemans J, Lood C, Schrevens E, Chanishvili N, Kutateladze M, de Jode M, Ceyssens PJ, Draye JP, Verbeken G, De Vos D, Rose T, Onsea J, Van Nieuwenhuyse B; Bacteriophage Therapy Providers; Bacteriophage Donors, Soentjens P, Lavigne R, Merabishvili M
Nat Microbiol 2024 Jun;9(6):1434-1453. Epub 2024 Jun 4 doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01705-x. PMID: 38834776Free PMC Article
Efficacy of a Clinical Decision Rule to Enable Direct Oral Challenge in Patients With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy: The PALACE Randomized Clinical Trial.
Copaescu AM, Vogrin S, James F, Chua KYL, Rose MT, De Luca J, Waldron J, Awad A, Godsell J, Mitri E, Lambros B, Douglas A, Youcef Khoudja R, Isabwe GAC, Genest G, Fein M, Radojicic C, Collier A, Lugar P, Stone C, Ben-Shoshan M, Turner NA, Holmes NE, Phillips EJ, Trubiano JA
JAMA Intern Med 2023 Sep 1;183(9):944-952. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.2986. PMID: 37459086Free PMC Article
Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents: Testing and Treatment.
Nolt D, Starke JR
Pediatrics 2021 Dec 1;148(6) doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-054663. PMID: 34851422
The diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI): currently available tests, future developments, and perspectives to eliminate tuberculosis (TB).
Zellweger JP, Sotgiu G, Corradi M, Durando P
Med Lav 2020 Jun 26;111(3):170-183. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v111i3.9983. PMID: 32624559Free PMC Article
Development and Validation of a Penicillin Allergy Clinical Decision Rule.
Trubiano JA, Vogrin S, Chua KYL, Bourke J, Yun J, Douglas A, Stone CA, Yu R, Groenendijk L, Holmes NE, Phillips EJ
JAMA Intern Med 2020 May 1;180(5):745-752. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0403. PMID: 32176248Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Systematic literature review informing the 2022 EULAR recommendations for screening and prophylaxis of chronic and opportunistic infections in adults with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
Fragoulis GE, Dey M, Zhao S, Schoones J, Courvoisier D, Galloway J, Hyrich KL, Nikiphorou E
RMD Open 2022 Nov;8(2) doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002726. PMID: 36323488Free PMC Article
Interferon-γ release assays or tuberculin skin test for detection and management of latent tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Zhou G, Luo Q, Luo S, Teng Z, Ji Z, Yang J, Wang F, Wen S, Ding Z, Li L, Chen T, Abi ME, Jian M, Luo L, Liu A, Bao F
Lancet Infect Dis 2020 Dec;20(12):1457-1469. Epub 2020 Jul 13 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30276-0. PMID: 32673595
Latent Tuberculosis in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.
Malhamé I, Cormier M, Sugarman J, Schwartzman K
PLoS One 2016;11(5):e0154825. Epub 2016 May 5 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154825. PMID: 27149116Free PMC Article
Drugs for preventing tuberculosis in HIV infected persons.
Wilkinson D
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000;(4):CD000171. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000171. PMID: 11034676
Drugs for preventing tuberculosis in HIV infected persons.
Wilkinson D
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000;(2):CD000171. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000171. PMID: 10796501

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