In this episode we are joined by Hema Kapoor, MD, SM, D(ABMM), Senior Medical Director of Infectious Diseases/Immunology and Global Diagnostics Network, Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics, to ...

A portable molecular test, MiniDock MTB, detected pulmonary tuberculosis rapidly and accurately across seven high-burden ...

A cohort study evaluating a tuberculosis (TB) prevention program among patients who received biologic therapy found a low risk for incident infection. Pretreatment screening with QuantiFERON-TB (QFT) ...

Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have created a new tuberculosis blood test that can detect the active, infectious form of the disease. The discovery enables ...

Measuring a particular set of proteins in the blood can distinguish patients with active tuberculosis infections from those with similar respiratory symptoms, according to a report in Science ...

A large study in African households showed that an immune-based blood test can distinguish active tuberculosis, and ...

Researchers have developed a fast, non-invasive tongue swab test for tuberculosis that could transform global TB diagnosis.

What was tested: Researchers evaluated the MiniDock MTB molecular diagnostic in seven high-burden countries using sputum and tongue swab samples. How it performed: The test achieved up to 86% ...