Two more people infected with tuberculosis were identified in Manchester and Nashua recently, state health officials announced Wednesday. The two infected people are the second and third diagnosed ...

According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis accounts for one in three deaths among people living with HIV. In fact, even when receiving effective antiretroviral treatment, HIV-positive ...

Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. Of the 216 children enrolled between Jan 13, 2020, and Dec 31, 2021, 215 were included in the study and ...

Background: The identification of non-tuberculosis (TB) mycobacterial (NTM) infection remains a significant challenge. This study aims to investigate the diagnostic value of multicolour nested ...

The Xpert MTB/Ultra molecular diagnostic test for stool samples, until now recommended only for children, could be established as an additional test for diagnosing tuberculosis in adults living with ...

The Xpert MTB/Ultra molecular diagnostic test for stool samples, until now recommended only for children, could be established as an additional test for diagnosing tuberculosis in adults living with ...

A TB blood test can find out whether you have the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria in your body. Whether you need to get tested and how often depends on your specific circumstances. A blood test ...

So far, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB related to the outbreak. Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health ...

In low-incidence, high-resource settings, Xpert Mycobacterium Tuberculosis/Rifampicin Ultra (Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra [Xpert-Ultra]) testing, an automated nucleic acid ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's biggest infectious disease killer with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) posing a particular threat to global health. A study shows that resistance to the new MDR-TB ...