BETHESDA, Md. -- Clusters of positive tests for latent tuberculosis infection in the U.S. Army appear to reflect a high number of false-positive readings from a more than century-old skin test, resear ...

There is a test that is usually carried out to find out whether a child has tuberculosis or not, namely the Mantoux test. The ...

Tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. By 1900, TB — which ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a tuberculosis (TB) skin test for my new job in May, and it was negative. They did a blood test in July. I have a question about a positive T-SPOT blood test for TB. They did ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a tuberculosis (TB) skin test for my new job in May, and it was negative. They did a blood test in July. I have a question about a positive T-SPOT blood test for TB.

U.S. Army service members are increasingly deployed in regions of the world where tuberculosis (TB) is rampant, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and the military now faces a growing medical problem.

Results from two phase 3 clinical trials recently demonstrated that a new tuberculosis skin test was safe, easy to use and comparable in accuracy to an interferon gamma release assay. The C-Tb ...

US Soldiers In High-tuberculosis Areas Face New Epidemic: False Positives Date: June 2, 2008 Source: American Thoracic Society Summary: US Army service members are increasingly deployed in regions ...