Bacille Calmette-Guérin revaccination shows no efficacy in preventing sustained Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection compared with placebo in adolescents in a phase 2b study.

A portable diagnostic device that uses a beetle-inspired chemical reaction has shown improved detection of tuberculosis in individuals with HIV, according to a new study.

A portable diagnostic device that uses a beetle-inspired chemical reaction has shown improved detection of tuberculosis (TB) in individuals with HIV, according to research published in Nature ...

Introduction In Hong Kong, tuberculin skin test (TST) with a 15 mm cut-off was used at 0 and 3 months for contact screening, but half of future tuberculosis cases might be missed. Follow-on interferon ...

Of 70 tuberculin negative household contacts, no skin-test conversions occurred. and no secondary cases were detected after the source was placed on treatment. It is important to note that 30% of the ...

THAT the tuberculin test can become negative with measles has been known since the report of Pirquet1 in 1908. At that time he gave credit to Preisich, in Budapest, who had found in November, 1907, ...

A TB skin test is not 100% accurate, sometimes resulting in a false-positive or false-negative result. Because of this, you may need a follow-up TB skin test to assist with the diagnosis.

However, cross-reactions with environmental mycobacteria can sensitize animals, leading to positive results on the intradermal test even in the absence of tuberculous infection.

The tuberculin status of hospital populations has not been extensively studied. If a sufficient proportion of hospital patients are tuberculin negative, the tuberculin test can serve as an ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a bacterial infection that usually infects the lungs. Other organs, such as the kidneys, spine, or brain may also be involved.