For decades, diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in Africa has been a slow, complex and resource-intensive process. Patients are often asked to produce sputum samples, which can be particularly difficult for ...

An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) ...

In a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study, the addition of navitoclax to the standard TB treatment significantly increased ...

Two additional testing clinics will be held in Manchester next week after a person who spent time at the Families in ...

After an adult was diagnosed with tuberculosis after visiting two locations in Manchester in January, officials are ...

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 ...

Moving beyond the traditional sputum tests, a new study on Friday showed that a molecular stool test may increase detection of tuberculosis (TB) in people living with HIV. The research, published in ...

A recent study has found that a molecular stool test could be a promising tool for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in adults living with HIV. The test is gaining attention for its potential to detect TB ...

could be established as an additional test for diagnosing tuberculosis in adults living with HIV. The Xpert MTB/Ultra molecular diagnostic test for stool samples, until now recommended only for ...

To study the effect of the crossmatch test, recipients with preformed antibodies were subdivided into three groups: those who gave a positive crossmatch test; those in whom the crossmatch test was ...

Purpose: to review the more relevant aspects of urogenital tuberculosis (UGT) and make recommendations ... Urinary bacteriological tests have low sensitivity, and a negative test does not rule out UGT ...

When health workers stopped visiting her home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis medication, Ratna Jamni began dragging herself to a clinic “step by painful step, when even standing feels ...