As the Atlanta lawyer with a dangerous form of tuberculosis began treatment At National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, government officials and the patient provided sharply ...

The most common test for active TB is called the ‘sputum smear microscopy.’ That’s when your coughed-up saliva and mucus are examined under a microscope for the presence of TB bacteria ...

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A laboratory technician then examines the specimen under a microscope for evidence of TB. In conventional practice, a minimum of two specimens are required to confirm the diagnosis. “Traditionally, we ...

A new TB test has been developed that can tell doctors within one hour whether someone has tuberculosis. The test is in the experimental stages, but scientists say it has the potential to make a ...

The test, known as Xpert MTB/RIF, also detected five times the number of cases identified by examining specimens under the microscope, a preliminary method for diagnosis that is often performed as an ...

Low-income countries struggling to keep tuberculosis under control might get a boost from an unlikely source — giant African rats. The big rodents spotted hundreds of TB-positive sputum samples ...

Tuberculosis was once a top killer in the U.S. ... While scientists were searching for TB under the microscope, artists were busy expressing how it felt to live with what was euphemistically ...

Miliary TB is a type of tuberculosis that has spread beyond your lungs. Those who are immunocompromised are especially at risk, ... or tissue samples are looked at under a microscope.

This week we’re putting TB - tuberculosis - under the microscope. Show more. James Tytko, Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.