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 ...

Background: Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the most effective strategy to control tuberculosis (TB) among patients with HIV infection. The tuberculin skin test (TST ...

A new skin test for tuberculosis infection has proven safe, easy to administer and accurate in two Phase III clinical trials, according to research presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.

In this episode we are joined by Hema Kapoor, MD, SM, D(ABMM), Senior Medical Director of Infectious Diseases/Immunology and Global Diagnostics Network, Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics, to ...

We completed a prospective cross-sectional study of TB screening in immigrant children at the Adoption Health Services (AHS) of Rainbow Babies and Children Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. The AHS is a ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs but can spread to other parts of the body, including the skin. Once it reaches the skin, TB can cause a variety of lesions, ...

MARIETTA, Ga. — Approximately 300 students and staff at Walton High School in Marietta are getting tested on Tuesday after a possible tuberculosis (TB) exposure, health officials said. According to ...

This CDC illustration shows what the tuberculosis bacteria looks like. A Broward high school and Miami’s federal detention center have each confirmed an active case of tuberculosis, one of the ...

Tuberculosis. The word conjures up faded images of 19th-century sanatoriums. Once America's leading cause of death, TB was subdued by potent new drugs during the 1950s and all but forgotten by 1980.

Kansas is currently experiencing a rare outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB is spread ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers compared the performance of tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) in predicting tuberculosis (TB). Study: ...

During pregnancy, it’s important to be aware of infections that can affect you and your baby, and tuberculosis (TB) is one of ...