TB elimination campaign screens high-risk individuals using chest X-rays, but faces limitations in detection and reach.
People who have a strongly positive skin test and/or evidence of TB infection found on a chest X-ray, or who are unwell, will be investigated further by a specialist doctor and may be given a ...
An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March ...
chest x-ray (CXR) findings, exclusion of known nontubercular uveitic entities, and a positive response to conventional ATT. An extraocular evidence of TB in a patient with uveitis also aids in ...
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that severe funding cuts – particularly in the United States – are ...
Many people with tuberculosis (TB) do not feel unwell and do not present to health services with symptoms. People with such ...