Successes and challenges of latent TB screening and treatment in a high-prevalence US region.

South Texas has higher TB disease incidence than much of the United States. We evaluated a multi-site South Texas interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA)-based testing and latent TB infection (LTBI) treatment program targeting high-risk populations. Number of IGRA tests, test results, LTBI confirmation, and treatment outcomes were collected over 2.

Melioidosis in a Resident of Texas with No Recent Travel History, United States.

To our knowledge, environmental isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, from the continental United States has not been reported. We report a case of melioidosis in a Texas resident. Genomic analysis indicated that the isolate groups with B.

Visual field defects and vision-specific health-related quality of life in African Americans and whites with glaucoma.

Purpose: To examine the relationship of visual field impairment to vision-specific health-related quality of life and symptoms in a large cohort (N=345) of African Americans and Whites of non-Hispanic origin diagnosed with glaucoma.

Materials And Methods: Participants consisted of persons > or =55 years of age recruited from university-affiliated ophthalmology and optometry practices in Birmingham, AL who had been diagnosed with glaucoma. Medical records were abstracted to collect information on demographics, visual acuity, and visual fields.