For the third time, a test measuring how contagious tuberculosis patient Andrew Speaker might be has come back negative – meaning the 31-year-old’s chances of passing on his disease are “extremely low ...

The Xpert MTB/RIF pulmonary tuberculosis test, recommended by WHO, detected twice as many cases as smear microscopy in a cohort of children in Africa, according to study results. The aim of the ...

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 ...

Today, the fieldhouse in Chicago’s Peterson Park has a game room and offers all kinds of classes for kids and adults, but 100 years ago, it served as the lab and morgue of the Municipal Tuberculosis ...

A third sputum test on a man quarantined with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis was negative for the presence of TB bacteria, hospital officials said Tuesday, opening up the possibility that he could ...

More than 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year, yet about 40% go undiagnosed. The main culprit is reliance on sputum-based testing, which many patients—particularly those who are ...

Across the spectrum of human afflictions—from cancer to heart disease to rare genetic conditions—medical investigators are continually attempting to break new ground by developing better methods of ...

AI-powered digital pathology solution for AFB detection & bacillary grading at scale to support treatment response ...