In this episode we are joined by Hema Kapoor, MD, SM, D(ABMM), Senior Medical Director of Infectious Diseases/Immunology and Global Diagnostics Network, Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics, to ...

A woman with a 2-month-old baby tested ppd-positive while she had been pregnant and received no treatment. What is the minimum age one can plant a tuberculin skin test on an infant? Although many ...

While tuberculosis spread is not significant nationally, lack of awareness of the latent form of the condition raises ...

A new skin test for tuberculosis infection has proven safe, easy to administer and accurate in two Phase III clinical trials, according to research presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.

Detecting tuberculosis early could play a significant role in eradicating the world's most deadly infectious disease. The World Health Organization says 1.5 million people die from this devastating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Because the standard tuberculin skin test precludes implementation of bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) ...

ParentsHave you ever worried that your little one has tuberculosis? If so, a Mantoux test or tuberculin test is one way to find out. Maintaining your little one’s health is not an easy matter. Because ...

PharmaJet’s Needle-free intradermal (ID) injection device ("Tropis ® ID") will be evaluated as delivery system for the tuberculin skin test (TST) in a clinical study conducted by REDE-TB. The study ...

Data on performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT) and tuberculin skin test (TST) in children with active tuberculosis from high burden countries in the context of micronutrient deficiency ...