Among this cohort, 24 (7.0%) participants were sputum smear microscopy (AFB) positive, with an estimated population prevalence of 4.6–10.3%. Sixty-three (18.4%) participants had either a positive ...

The test can be administered on a mouth swab instead of sputum and doesn’t require lab facilities ...

Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, a potential breakthrough that could allow easier, community-based ...

Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is an illness that affects the lungs and is caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. TB can spread when a person with the illness coughs, ...

Background. Antibiotic-tolerant bacterial persistence prevents treatment shortening in drug-susceptible tuberculosis, and accumulation of intracellular lipid bodies has been proposed to identify a ...

This phase III two-sided equivalence trial compares 4 and 6 months of TB treatment (2 months of daily treatment with INH, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide followed by either 2 or 4 months of ...

We conducted a prospective clinic-based study of newly-diagnosed HIV-infected adults who presented for voluntary HIV counseling and testing from October 2010 to May 2011. Enrollment, specimen ...