Tuberculosis (TB), a potentially fatal disease ... The other method is the Mantoux test, which can be interpreted after three days. Both types of test involve a small injection into the skin ...

A Mantoux tuberculin skin test using five tuberculin units of purified protein derivative was negative. The patient was started on a four-drug regimen of antituberculosis therapy (pyrazinamide ...

TB (PPD) skin tests are not vaccines and will not be administered at this event. Requirements: Child’s current shot record Children under 18 must be accompanied by a parent. If accompanied by ...

Has the recent Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas got you worried about catching TB? Learn about the top symptoms to look out ...

A closely watched clinical trial testing what could be the world’s first new tuberculosis vaccine in a century has hit its ...

Fund has awarded a $4.5m grant to US-based diagnostic developer Fluxus, a Fujirebio subsidiary, to develop an ultrasensitive ...

A new strategy for tuberculosis (TB) screening provides a solution to problems with current TB screening, which does not always accurately detect disease. Simultaneously screening for both active and ...

Dr. Kayvan Zainabadi (center) is working with colleagues in Pune, India, to test the RNA-based TB diagnostic he is developing. From left: Dr. Mandar Paradkar (co-PI, pediatrician), Vidyulata ...

A non-invasive wearable sampler combined with UHPLC–IMS-HRMS has been developed to identify biomarkers for TB using human ...

Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) strains have been detected in at least 55 countries worldwide. These data substantiate the need for rapid and reliable methods for drug-susceptibility testing ...