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 ...

Use of Interferon-γ testing (TB-ELISPOT) for tuberculosis in children: Aim of study: To look at usefulness of TB-Elispot for contact tracing for Tuberculosis in children in comparison with routine ...

Oxford Immunotec, the producers of an award-winning, revolutionary new immunological blood test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis called T- SPOT.TB, today welcomed the launch of the National Institute ...

Hsia and colleagues compared IGRA testing (QuantiFERON®-TB Gold (QFT-GIT; Cellestis, Inc.; Valencia, California) and TST testing (Mantoux) in 2282 patients enrolled in multinational phase 3 trials of ...

Latent tuberculosis is infection with tuberculosis without manifestations of the infection. This is a difficult condition to diagnose mainly because there are no symptoms. Screening for the condition ...

Q: Why does my doctor want to test me for tuberculosis? I thought that was eradicated a long time ago. A: It would be wonderful if tuberculosis had been eradicated long ago. Unfortunately, that’s not ...