The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that up to 13 million people in the United States have latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. These patients do not feel sick, do not show ...

Physicians should use new diagnostic tests whenever possible to assess patients for latent or active tuberculosis (TB) infection, according to updated guidelines developed jointly by the American ...

tuberculosis The 2016 Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis Guidelines have been released as an update to the previous tuberculosis (TB) guidelines published in 2003. The 2016 Treatment of ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has opened the door to widespread use of interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) in testing for tuberculosis (TB) infection. Officials lifted restrictions on the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WHO fully released new treatment guidelines for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, or MDR-TB, and announced a ...

Tuberculosis is a leading killer of people with HIV, and providing therapy for both illnesses simultaneously saves lives, according to new guidelines on the treatment of drug-susceptible TB. Treatment ...

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation has released new guidelines to tackle tuberculosis and undernutrition, recommending that food assistance be provided to households with TB patients while the ...

In response to nosocomial outbreaks of tuberculosis among patients and health care workers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released tuberculosis control guidelines in 1990. These ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Physicians should use newer tests, such as interferon-gamma release assays or molecular diagnostics, for ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Children and adults living with HIV can be protected from one of their deadliest threats – ...

Researchers have published an official clinical guideline on the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). The American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, European ...

In 1976, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) published brief guidelines for the investigation, diagnostic evaluation, and medical treatment of TB contacts. Although investigation of contacts and ...