FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — The Forsyth County Health Department is changing requirements for who gets tested for tuberculin (TB) due to a nationwide shortage of Aplisol and Tubersol. Both Aplisol and ...

A new screening process for tuberculosis (TB) infections in Canadian prisons could mean that more than 50 per cent of those screened won't undergo unnecessary treatment due to false positives.

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Initial blood work found hints of an infection, and the doctors initially suspected a bacterial skin infection (cellulitis) ...

Skin tests for tuberculosis have come back positive from several students or staff at both Dover High School and Buckeye Career Center, according to the Tuscarawas County Health Department. “We’ve had ...

BALTIMORE — Compared with a traditional tuberculin skin test, an interferon-gamma release assay was less expensive, provided better accuracy and was a reliable alternative for screening health care ...

OBJECTIVE: Approximately 6000 women deliver annually at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, where 2.4% of women has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 60% is foreign-born. We conducted a ...

In an effort to conserve supplies of products needed to perform tuberculosis skin tests, the Department of Public Health and Social Services has made a temporary change in the process for the ...

A new screening process for tuberculosis infections in prisons could mean that more than 50 percent of those screened won't undergo unnecessary treatment due to false positives. A test for TB using ...