A recently introduced blood test can reveal which patients may develop active tuberculosis much more precisely than the 100-year old TB skin test, according to a new study published today in the ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Factors associated with testing positive for LBTI and those associated with being tested in general varied.

Standard medical options for treating a draining enterocutaneous fistula include antibiotics, immunomodulators, and biologics. The evidence for the use of antibiotics in this scenario has been more to ...

The following scenario emphasizes the necessity of creating a wheal while administering the Mantoux test. A 46-year-old Asian man who recently immigrated to the United States was seen for routine ...

In this episode we are joined by Hema Kapoor, MD, SM, D(ABMM), Senior Medical Director of Infectious Diseases/Immunology and Global Diagnostics Network, Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics, to ...

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THAT the tuberculin test can become negative with measles has been known since the report of Pirquet 1 in 1908. At that time he gave credit to Preisich, in Budapest, who had found in November, 1907, ...

WITHOUT going into a lengthy discussion on the significance of a positive skin reaction to tuberculin and its limitations, it is fair to state that few laboratory tests are as satisfactory and as ...

is an experienced journalist with a diverse background in reporting, anchoring, and digital media. NUECES COUNTY, Texas — The Nueces County Health Department has made a significant change by halting ...