A streamlined approach to tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis requiring a single sputum sample and providing rapid, accurate results to patients proved feasible in rural Uganda, according to research ...

Tuberculosis can be tough to detect. Diagnosis usually requires coughing up a sputum sample from the lungs, which can be unpleasant, impractical, and even hazardous. But in a promising new study, a ...

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This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients, who struggle to ...

Tuberculosis (TB) could now be diagnosed with easy-to-obtain oral swab samples, revealed a new study published in the Scientific Reports. Tuberculosis (TB) could now be diagnosed with easy-to-obtain ...

New Delhi, Sep 19 (PTI) A pilot project for utilising services of the postal department for transport of sputum specimen for diagnosis of tuberculosis was launched at Karawal Nagar here on Wednesday.

Most tuberculosis (TB) testing today relies on sputum samples coughed up from the lungs. This makes intuitive sense since pulmonary (or lung) TB is the most common form of TB and sputum provides ...

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Diagnosing TB usually involves using a sputum sample or a biopsy in the detection tests. This is not just time-consuming or expensive, there are also cases where getting a sputum sample is not easy or ...

The joint director, health services (TB & Leprosy), Pune has directed the district TB centres in Marathwada to submit sputum samples of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB patients for follow-up culture to ...