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 ...

An on-the-spot sputum test for tuberculosis works better than the commonly-used, 125-year-old microscope method, but did not reduce illness in a southern African trial, a study said Monday. While the ...

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 ...

Please can you give a brief introduction to tuberculosis (TB)? TB is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nearly 9 million people develop TB every year, and TB kills nearly 1.4 ...

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 ...

Scientists have developed a new fluorescent probe that can be used to quickly detect tuberculosis bacteria from a sputum sample -- using just a homemade LED box and a camera phone. Nature News reports ...

Although sputum abnormalities may reflect neoplastic events in the central airways, 3 cytologic screening of sputum lacks sensitivity and has generally been abandoned in favor of tests, such as fine ...

A sputum culture is a sample of the gooey substance that often comes up from your chest when you have an infection in your lungs or airways. It is mostly made up of white blood cells that fight ...

WASHINGTON (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say a simple test that analyzes DNA in a person's sputum could be used to diagnose lung cancer. As outlined in an article in the journal Clinical Cancer ...

Rats are able to detect whether a child has tuberculosis (TB), and are much more successful at doing this than a commonly used basic microscopy test. Rats are able to detect whether a child has ...

Molecular tests for tuberculosis (TB) are set to replace sputum microscopy as the initial test for detection, following the World Health Organization's recommendation. The change is already happening ...