Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs but can spread to other organs. We got in touch with an expert who shares why early detection is crucial, especially ...

Children tend to develop pauci-bacillary TB and are rarely sputum smear positive. M ... The tuberculin skin test (TST), as well as novel interferon-gamma release assays, fail to make the all ...

People who have a strongly positive skin test and/or evidence of TB infection found on a chest X-ray, or who are unwell, will be investigated further by a specialist doctor and may be given a ...

Indian Health Services, Yakama Tribal Health and the Yakima Health District are collaborating to address the increase in ...

While some detainees tested positive for TB with a skin test, further testing revealed no "confirmed cases," according to the ...

The test is sometimes called a tuberculin skin test (TST ... if you have received the TB vaccine, the PPD can sometimes return a false-positive result.

Medicare may cover the costs of a purified protein derivative (PPD) test if a person has symptoms or has been exposed to tuberculosis (TB). If not, Medicare will likely deny coverage as it would ...

In high-income western countries, interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) have largely replaced the classic tuberculin skin test for diagnosing latent tuberculosis ... with low-positive IGRA results ...