A TB blood test can find out whether you have the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria in your body. Whether you need to get tested and how often depends on your specific circumstances. A blood test ...

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new blood test will allow doctors more accurately to pinpoint patients likely to develop the symptoms of tuberculosis, researchers said on Monday. Traditional testing for the ...

Researcher found that exposed individuals with confirmed TB infection -- i.e. a positive skin or blood test -- should receive priority treatment in settings with a low prevalence of the disease, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Wednesday for an immediate ban on the use of blood tests to detect active tuberculosis, saying they produced wrong results and left ...

Long-term care residents are at increased risk for TB infection and TB disease. Insufficient screening and prevention policies can put residents, employees and the community at risk for TB exposure.

Chennai: People whose immune systems mount an unusually aggressive early response to tuberculosis may be less likely to respond well to standard drug .

In the wake of a recent outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB cases at a local San Francisco high school, IGHS's Priya ...