A new test shows promising results for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in resource-limited settings. This is ...

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 ...

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the world's leading causes of infectious disease-related illness and death. Despite being treatable, gaps in screening and diagnosis have allowed the disease ...

UAB requires initial TB screening, per CDC guidelines, while annual screening is not required. Routine TB testing may be needed based on examination of job risk. Employees who have been diagnosed with ...

A confirmed case of tuberculosis at a Joliet high school earlier this week was the second in the Chicago area this month, leaving many to wonder if they should be cautious about the disease often ...

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 ...

A cohort study evaluating a tuberculosis (TB) prevention program among patients who received biologic therapy found a low risk for incident infection. Pretreatment screening with QuantiFERON-TB (QFT) ...

It’s been discovered that a new tool using routine blood tests and a simple online app could help detect tuberculosis (TB) ...

An expert panel calls the requirement for tuberculosis testing before prescribing IL-17 and IL-23 biologics for psoriasis an ...

PMC racing against time to meet its tuberculosis (TB) screening target as it faces severe shortage of equipment and manpower ...