The battery-powered device is the first to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in saliva in addition to blood and sputum.

This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients, who struggle to ...

Learn about the primary ways tuberculosis spreads through airborne transmission, high-risk settings, and effective prevention ...

The Xpert MTB/Ultra molecular diagnostic test for stool samples, until now recommended only for children, could be ...

Officials in suburban Joliet have confirmed a student was diagnosed with tuberculosis in recent days. According to a ...

The Xpert MTB/Ultra molecular diagnostic test may become a viable option for detecting tuberculosis (TB) in the stool of adults with HIV, according to the results of a recent study.

John Green on the difficult campaign to eradicate a deadly disease. ‘Funding for TB is in crisis,’ says John Green, author of ...

Tuberculosis is likely spreading undetected in prisons in Europe and the Americas. Tuberculosis diagnoses declined during the ...

Tulane University researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind handheld diagnostic device that can deliver rapid, accurate ...

Health officials issued a warning this week after someone at a suburban Chicago high school was diagnosed with active ...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ... researchers from the EDCTP-funded Stool4TB project proposed using a molecular test (called Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra), currently used on ...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ... ‘New study supports using the #Stool_Ultra test as an extra tool to diagnose #tuberculosis in people with #HIV, especially those ...