Expanding beyond DOTS to stop TB. Primary tabs. View (active tab) Preview; 31 March 2006. Estimated reading time 22 minutes. This article originally appeared in HIV & AIDS treatment in practice, an ...

World TB Day: DOTS and its 5 basic measures to deal with tuberculosis. ... If you follow the full course of TB treatment, the disease can be treated (nearly 100%) in a span of 6 months.

India has the dubious distinction of having the highest number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world. TB, an age-old infectious disease, has continued to cast a long shadow over India's ...

New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

New York City, with one of the highest TB rates in the U.S., found that video DOT was "just as effective" as traditional DOT, said the city's health commissioner.

This is the first study to combine molecular genotyping techniques and drug susceptibilities to demonstrate that DOT for tuberculosis is associated with less initial drug resistance and less ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — An epidemiologist confirms there’s one case of Tuberculosis in the Peoria area. The person who has contracted the disease has been on a recovery treatment for quite some ...

Paid and presented by Cepheid. Every year, 10 million people contract tuberculosis (TB), with 1.5 million cases leading to death. Despite being a preventable and curable disease, TB is the world ...

Mr Bismark Sarpong, TB Coordinator at the Direct Observed Treatments (DOTs), Pokuase Health Centre has expressed worry about the failure of TB patients not successfully completing their treatments.

How does directly observed therapy (DOT) work in controlling tuberculosis? ... Drugs & Diseases CME & Education Academy Video Decision Point  Specialty: Multispecialty. Allergy & Immunology.