tuberculosis strain in the presence of a single ... Furthermore, until now there have been no commercially available test kits for second-line drugs, making these tests more error-prone due ...

Researchers have now been testing a hand-held device, called an electronic nose (e-nose), which can sniff out TB in the breath of small children and return results in about six minutes.

Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) strains have been detected in at ... have the advantage of detailed protocols and prepared test kits, but are more expensive. In-house techniques are cheaper ...

Advocacy groups, including Doctors Without Borders, have long called for the U.S. company Cepheid, which produces TB tests used in poorer countries, to make them available for $5 per test to ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Hundreds of students and staff members at Cobb County's Walton High School have received their test results after they were possibly exposed to tuberculosis. Cobb and Douglas ...

Untreated tuberculosis may result in several long-term complications, such as permanent lung damage. It’s vital for the condition to be treated early to prevent the infection from traveling to ...

which manufactures tuberculosis tests used in developing countries, to make them available for $5 per test to enhance availability. Earlier last month, doctors without borders and 150 global ...

After hundreds of students and staff at Walton High School in Marietta were tested on Tuesday due to possible tuberculosis (TB ... a mandatory Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) to them.

29 and will return to receive their test results on Thursday, Oct. 31. "CDPH and the School’s administration have identified those who may have been exposed to TB germs and will be administering ...

Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, according to a World Health Organization report published on Tuesday, highlighting the ...