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 ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Results from two phase 3 clinical trials recently ...

In July, state tuberculosis control officials notified the CDC about difficulty in obtaining the two purified-protein derivative tuberculin skin test antigen solutions that are approved by the FDA, ...

might be less likely to return for TB skin test reading and interpretation (eg, people experiencing homelessness or people who use drugs); The Mantoux tuberculin skin test is also called the TB skin ...

For the second time this year, clinicians battling bacterial tuberculosis (TB) will have to cope with shortages of 2 tuberculin skin test (TST) antigens, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The present study evaluated the accuracy of a risk assessment questionnaire (RAQ) for identifying candidates for tuberculin testing. A 33-question RAQ was administered to students before they ...

Background and aims: Detection of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) and provision of chemoprophylaxis is an important strategy for TB control, particularly for HIV-infected children. Assessing ...

Data on performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT) and tuberculin skin test (TST) in children with active tuberculosis from high burden countries in the context of micronutrient deficiency ...

A new blood test could enable doctors to rule out tuberculosis infection within days rather than weeks, according to a new study. Doctors can determine that a patient does not have tuberculosis with ...

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 ...

The global tuberculin skin test market size was US$ 2,236.1 million in 2021. The global tuberculin skin test market size is forecast to reach US$ 3,380.7 million by 2030, growing at a compound annual ...

A new blood test could enable doctors to rule out tuberculosis (TB) infection within days rather than weeks, according to a new study published this week in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.