In this Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 photo, senior chest physician Dr. A.K. Upadhaya looks at x-ray results of patient Shyam Lal, suspected to have tuberculosis (TB), at Lal Bahadur Shastri Government ...

September 23, 2009 — A new method that can identify immune cells specific to the tuberculosis (TB) bacilli in the airways of patients during bronchoalveolar lavage can rapidly detect active TB in ...

As illustrated in Case 40-2003 (Dec. 25 issue), 1 it is often difficult to find the source of infection in a child who has tuberculosis. In 2001, we cared for a five-month-old girl who presented with ...

Accurate TB diagnosis requires a combination of tests like TST, IGRAs, sputum smear, culture, chest X-ray, NAATs, and histopathology. Healthcare providers need to stay informed about the latest ...

Bavesh Kana receives/received funding from the South African National Research Foundation, South African Medical Research Council, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Howard Hughes Medical ...

Background. Contact screening is an essential component of all tuberculosis control strategies. We hypothesize that time-to-detection (TTD) in liquid culture of spontaneously produced sputum samples ...

Tests that can replace sputum smear microscopy have been identified as a top priority diagnostic need for tuberculosis by the World Health Organization. High-quality evidence on diagnostic accuracy ...

Sputum smears have to be examined by a laboratory. Clinics send them away to be read. In some rural areas, patients wait a week or more to get their sputum smear results back. And sometimes they can ...

Scientists have pioneered a process to detect TB bacteria by adding a molecule to the bacteria's own armour that lights up under fluorescent light. Scientists at the University of the Witwatersrand, ...

Scientists at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and international researchers have pioneered an innovative process to detect TB bacteria by adding a molecule to the bacteria's own ...