Add to ORKGTuberculosis diagnosis has always been a great challenge in terms of accuracy and reporting time. Tests developed more than 100 years ago are still con-sidered “gold standards. ” The AFB smear, the oldest test, detects only about 50 % of active tuberculosis (TB) cases yet it remains the most widely used test in the world. The good news is that in the past three decades there has been signifi cant work done to im-prove the diagnosis of TB and other mycobacterial diseases. A variety of new tests have been developed which are signifi cantly more rapid, albeit mor
Rapid diagnosis and treatment are important for preventing transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosi...
Global tuberculosis control has been riding a wave of progress over the past decade. Mortality and i...
Despite the discovery of the tubercle bacillus more than a hundred years ago, and all the advances ...
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-...
Current tools and strategies for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) are inadequate, particularly in sett...
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-...
Approximately one-third of the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) remains undiagnosed each year and ...
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-...
Active tuberculosis develops only in some people after infection. Almost all tuberculous infections ...
Laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) traditionally relies on smear microscopy and culture of My...
More than 9 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) every year, but nearly a third are not diagnose...
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's most important infectious causes of morbidity and mortality ...
The WHO has recommended the implementation of rapid diagnostic tests to detect and help combat M/XDR...
SummaryTuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. TB control programme...
BackgroundTuberculosis remains a global public health threat, and the development of rapid and preci...
Rapid diagnosis and treatment are important for preventing transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosi...
Global tuberculosis control has been riding a wave of progress over the past decade. Mortality and i...
Despite the discovery of the tubercle bacillus more than a hundred years ago, and all the advances ...
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-...
Current tools and strategies for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) are inadequate, particularly in sett...
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-...
Approximately one-third of the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) remains undiagnosed each year and ...
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-...
Active tuberculosis develops only in some people after infection. Almost all tuberculous infections ...
Laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) traditionally relies on smear microscopy and culture of My...
More than 9 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) every year, but nearly a third are not diagnose...
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's most important infectious causes of morbidity and mortality ...
The WHO has recommended the implementation of rapid diagnostic tests to detect and help combat M/XDR...
SummaryTuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. TB control programme...
BackgroundTuberculosis remains a global public health threat, and the development of rapid and preci...
Rapid diagnosis and treatment are important for preventing transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosi...
Global tuberculosis control has been riding a wave of progress over the past decade. Mortality and i...
Despite the discovery of the tubercle bacillus more than a hundred years ago, and all the advances ...