Items tagged with Diagnostics
Rapid testing for TB aims to reduce drug resistance, lower mortality rate (post)
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have documented the accuracy of three new tests for more rapidly diagnosing drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB), which are much harder and more expensive to treat and which, experts say, represent a major threat to global public health.
Smells like tuberculosis? Sensor study suggests breath samples might reveal disease (post)
SAN DIEGO -- "Smell technology" might improve the diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) around the world, a researcher said here.
India: Drug sensitivity test on every new TB patient in Maharashtra (post)
PUNE: Within two months, every newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patient in Maharashtra will be first put through the drug susceptibility test to check for drug-resistant TB, and also to determine which drugs will work well on the patient.
Towards genomic prediction of drug resistance in tuberculosis (post)
In 2014, WHO approved a new strategy for the elimination of tuberculosis,1 and recommended that countries adapt the strategy's pillars—patient-centred care, supportive systems, and innovation—as appropriate to their local contexts. The need for a novel approach to elimination of tuberculosis in low-incidence settings was further echoed in a second framework2 that laid out eight priority areas. Among the prescribed interventions were investment in new technologies and rapid drug-susceptibility testing to optimise treatments. In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Timothy Walker and colleagues3 present an important study at the nexus of these areas, establishing a foundation for routine use of whole-genome sequencing in the mycobacteriology laboratory.
Can a urine test identify TB? (post)
SAN DIEGO -- A substance found in urine appears able to distinguish between people with and without tuberculosis, a researcher said here.
Novel assay detects TB in early stages of disease (post)
SAN DIEGO — An assay using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy detected low concentrations of tuberculosis in early stages of infection, according to data presented at IDWeek 2015.
Piloting upfront Xpert MTB/RIF testing on various specimens under programmatic conditions for diagnosis of TB & DR-TB in paediatric population (post)
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WHO recommends use of two alternative line probe assays (post)
06 November 2015 - WHO has approved the use of two alternative line probe assays (LPAs), with the capability to detect TB and rifampicin resistance. This follows the 2008 recommendation by WHO on the use of LPAs for the rapid detection of rifampicin resistance. At that time, the evidence assessed was for the LPA technology, Hain Version 1 assay.
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