Researcher found that exposed individuals with confirmed TB infection -- i.e. a positive skin or blood test -- should receive priority treatment in settings with a low prevalence of the disease, ...

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 ...

London - A new blood test will allow doctors more accurately to pinpoint patients likely to develop the symptoms of tuberculosis, researchers said on Monday. Traditional testing for the disease ...

Here are three things to know. The Quantiferon-TB Gold Plus test is designed to detect latent tuberculosis in patients. The blood test offers a broad look into an individual’s immune response to ...

Q: Before starting school, I had to have a “PPD skin test” to check to see if I was ever exposed to tuberculosis. Why couldn’t I just have a blood test or chest x-ray? A: Actually, there is a blood ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Wednesday for an immediate ban on the use of blood tests to detect active tuberculosis, saying they produced wrong results and left ...

There were an estimated 490,000 new cases of drug-resistant TB in 2016. Tuberculosis, a lung disease most often transmitted by breathing infected particles in the air, is the ninth leading cause of ...

Preventive treatment for tuberculosis (TB) can stop latent TB infections from developing into deadly TB disease. Despite TB infection being fully treatable, there is no global consensus as to which ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new blood test will allow doctors more accurately to pinpoint patients likely to develop the symptoms of tuberculosis, researchers said on Monday. Traditional testing for the ...