The test enables doctors reliably to identify people who are infected long before they develop symptoms ... gives a false positive result if someone has been vaccinated against TB.

“Individuals with latent TB infection have had a positive test result, but they do not feel sick, do not have symptoms and cannot spread TB germs to others,” according to Lake County health ...

Patients infected with TB can develop symptoms ... skin test are recommended for screening the patients for LTBI. However, routine screening of LTBI is not recommended as they give positive ...

The battery-powered device is the first to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in saliva in addition to blood and sputum.

This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients, who struggle to ...

The Xpert MTB/Ultra molecular diagnostic test may become a viable option for detecting tuberculosis (TB) in the stool of adults with HIV, according to the results of a recent study.

ULTIMATELY GETTING A TEST ... tested positive was connected with the appropriate treatment, according to officials. "While latent TB infection does not spread to other people or cause symptoms ...

“TB remains a critical public health concern in low-income countries and diagnosis using a cheap, simple test like we’ve ... the improvement in patient symptoms. “This system reduces the ...