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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A new skin test for tuberculosis infection has proven safe, easy to administer and accurate in two Phase III clinical trials, according to research presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.

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 ...

A UC Berkeley-led study has found that a new blood-based tuberculosis (TB) test is as useful as the traditional tuberculin skin test in a head-to-head matchup between the two methods of detecting ...

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 ...

Therefore, in the setting of a previously described prospective longitudinal study of 4382 neonates in Southern India, 10 children referred to a TB case verification ward on suspicion of having TB ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Because the standard tuberculin skin test precludes implementation of bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) ...

Background: Internationally-adopted children are a unique group of Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-vaccinated children with high rates of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in whom serial tuberculin ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter’s doctor said her PPD was positive and sent her for a chest X-ray to rule out TB. Is it possible to have a false-positive result? Her pediatrician says she should follow ...

Medicare Part B may cover the costs of a purified protein derivative (PPD) test if your healthcare professional deems it necessary to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) due to existing symptoms. A PPD test ...