A recently introduced blood test can reveal which patients may develop active tuberculosis much more precisely than the 100-year old TB skin test, according to a new study published today in the ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Factors associated with testing positive for LBTI and those associated with being tested in general varied.

The following scenario emphasizes the necessity of creating a wheal while administering the Mantoux test. A 46-year-old Asian man who recently immigrated to the United States was seen for routine ...

tuberculosis The CDC announced an expected 3 to 10 month shortage of Aplisol (tuberculin purified protein derivative [PPD], diluted), used as an aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. The Centers for ...

Scientists have developed a new diagnostic test for tuberculosis that experts say could help control the disease in the developed world by more accurately detecting infections before people get sick.

Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is an illness that affects the lungs and is caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. TB can spread when a person with the illness coughs, ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Results from two phase 3 clinical trials recently ...

Amazon is screening staff at its Coventry warehouse for tuberculosis after several cases were identified, with UK health ...

THAT the tuberculin test can become negative with measles has been known since the report of Pirquet 1 in 1908. At that time he gave credit to Preisich, in Budapest, who had found in November, 1907, ...

WITHOUT going into a lengthy discussion on the significance of a positive skin reaction to tuberculin and its limitations, it is fair to state that few laboratory tests are as satisfactory and as ...