Dec. 3, 2024 — An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium that causes the human disease tuberculosis. The ...

The tuberculosis vaccine is no longer routinely administered in the United States. Studies have shown mixed results in terms of the vaccine’s effectiveness. Some people who have received the vaccine ...

For 2007, the WHO estimated 511,000 cases of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB, representing approximately ... of detailed protocols and prepared test kits, but are more expensive.

Geneva: The World Health Organization announced Thursday it had given a first-ever green light to a test for tuberculosis -- a disease which killed 1.25 million people last year. Xpert MTB/RIF ...

Geneva, Switzerland—The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday it had given first-ever green light to a test for tuberculosis—a disease which killed 1.25 million people last year. Xpert ...

Geneva — The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) called Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra. It is the first test for TB ...

Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra, produced by US-based molecular diagnostics company Cepheid, “is the first test for TB diagnosis and antibiotic susceptibility testing that meets WHO’s prequalification standards”, ...

Patients with tuberculosis (TB) in India are experiencing extremely high costs related to lost productivity and hospital stays, as highlighted by a study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical ...

The Diasorin Liaison XL can test a person’s blood to diagnose TB infection, which differs from the traditional skin testing method. “Latent or dormant TB can be easily treated, yet an ...

Niamh Field talked about the accuracy of the TB skin test and talked about how the accuracy of the test can be defined by two metrics which is sensitivity and specificity. A single TB skin test, the ...