A streamlined approach to tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis requiring a single sputum sample and providing rapid, accurate results to patients proved feasible in rural Uganda, according to research ...

A same-day, streamlined strategy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis, requiring a single sputum sample, proved accurate and feasible in a setting where the disease is endemic, according to data ...

Most tuberculosis (TB) testing today relies on sputum samples coughed up from the lungs. This makes intuitive sense since pulmonary (or lung) TB is the most common form of TB and sputum provides ...

Most tuberculosis (TB) testing today relies on sputum samples coughed up from the lungs. This makes intuitive sense since pulmonary (or lung) TB is the most common form of TB and sputum provides ...

Most tuberculosis (TB) tests are conducted on sputum samples. The difficulty with this is that many people, particularly children and people living with HIV, struggle to cough up the thick mucus, also ...

Zoonotic Mycobacterium bovis has been detected in people living near a wildlife park in rural South Africa. A study, published in One Health, by a team from South Africa, Switzerland, the United ...

Diagnosing TB usually involves using a sputum sample or a biopsy in the detection tests. This is not just time-consuming or expensive, there are also cases where getting a sputum sample is not easy or ...

Chennai: The ICMR's top tuberculosis research institute NIRT is in the process of developing and validating sputum-free tests using blood, stool, urine and saliva samples for diagnosing the disease.

New Delhi: Tuberculosis, a bacterium infection that affects the lungs, is a major public health problem in India, with an estimated 21.4 lakh TB cases reported in 2021, 18 per cent higher than in 2020 ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen detection has long been viewed positively as an option for TB diagnosis as this has the potential advantage of reflecting mycobacterial burden while remaining ...

While likely years away from widespread use, a test for TB that relies on a simple tongue swab instead of a person having to cough up sputum is showing promise. Spotlight takes stock of how the test ...