The state Department of Health will institute new tuberculosis screening procedures on Monday, meaning that traditional TB skin tests may no longer be necessary for TB clearances needed for jobs, ...

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 ...

HONOLULU — Hawaii will begin instituting new tuberculosis screening procedures starting next week. Instead of the routine screening involving an injection and a follow-up examination to “read” the ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that attacks the lungs, though it can affect almost any body area. Two types of tests can identify a TB infection, but how often you should get a ...

The tuberculosis test strips developed by Tulane University’s Zhen Huang indicate the presence or absence of infection within an hour. Credit: Kenny Lass / Tulane University TB is estimated to be the ...

Your doctor may use an acid-fast bacteria (AFB) stain test to see if you have a lung disease like tuberculosis (TB). In addition to showing tuberculosis, an AFB stain can also show if you have another ...

The test also showed high sensitivity in detecting TB in respiratory (93%), pediatric stool (83%) and adult spinal fluid samples (93%). With children, HIV patients and those with extrapulmonary TB ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with colleagues in South Africa, have investigated whether ...

ICMR has approved an indigenous kit for cost-effective and effective TB testing in the country. Developed by Telangana-based ...

In a boost to India's fight against tuberculosis, apex health research body ICMR has validated new indigenously developed ...

ICMR validates new TB detection tools, including Quantiplus MTB FAST kit and UniAMP MTB Nucleic Acid Test Card, for wider access.