DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter’s doctor said her PPD was positive and sent her for a chest X-ray to rule out TB. Is it possible to have a false-positive result? Her pediatrician says she should follow ...
Q I got a tuberculosis skin test for my health care job and tested positive. A follow-up blood test was also positive, and I ...
Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have created a new tuberculosis blood test that ...
NEW YORK (Medscape Wire) May 24 -- Periodic chest x-rays (CXRs) are not cost-effective in screening asymptomatic, otherwise low-risk patients who are tuberculin positive, according to research ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter’s doctor said her PPD was positive and sent her for a chest X-ray to rule out TB. Is it possible to have a false-positive result? Her pediatrician says she should follow ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Berhanu RH, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;doi:10.1093/cid/ciac965. “The ...
Families are being notified about optional screening that will be offered on April 2, officials said.
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a serious public health challenge in Europe, even as some progress is being recorded. A ...