The far less-invasive collection and testing of nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) samples in combination with stool and urine sample testing may improve the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children in limited-resource settings. This finding from a prospective, cross-sectional diagnostic study, was published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Patients with multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and a normal baseline QTc interval may benefit from bedaquiline plus delamanid combination therapy, according to the findings of a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Risk for active tuberculosis (TB) may be reduced with the use of statins. This finding was published in a letter to the editor in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.¹