The Xpert MTB/RIF pulmonary tuberculosis test, recommended by WHO, detected twice as many cases as smear microscopy in a cohort of children in Africa, according to study results. The aim of the ...

While the technique can be performed in low-resource settings, it’s time consuming and misses half or more of TB cases. Rapid ...

The MiniDock MTB could expand access to molecular testing in peripheral health centers ...

A new study from southern Africa has said that an on-the-spot sputum test for tuberculosis works better than the commonly-used, 125-year-old microscope method, but did not reduce illness. While the ...

While the new test, dubbed Xpert MTB/RIF, diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) quicker and got people onto treatment sooner, it did not seem to change their long term prognosis, said a study in The Lancet ...

The sputum microscopy test for detecting tuberculosis (TB) is being replaced by molecular or genetic tests, which can provide results in less than two hours. This change is in line with the World ...

Low-income countries struggling to keep tuberculosis under control might get a boost from an unlikely source — giant African rats. The big rodents spotted hundreds of TB-positive sputum samples that a ...

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Indications : The test is ordered to identify the causative organism, when a patient presents with chronic upper respiratory tract infection. For the test, sputum located deep in the airways or throat ...

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