Items tagged with Diagnostics
InSilixa developing drug-resistance TB test showcasing potential for hundreds of targets (post)
NEW YORK, April 18, 2016 – Sunnyvale, California-based firm InSilixa is developing an assay to test for hundreds of potential targets that confer drug resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Chest radiographic patterns and the transmission of tuberculosis: implications for automated systems (post)
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Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay for detecting active tuberculosis in HIV-positive adults (post)
An international review team has prepared a Cochrane systematic review to assess the accuracy of a point-of-care urine test for diagnosing and screening tuberculosis (TB) in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
African scientists a step closer to testing for TB in a matter of minutes (post)
Tuberculosis ranks alongside HIV/AIDS as a leading cause of death worldwide. According to the World Health Organisation, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2014. The challenges in tackling the disease include the facts that people are tested too late and that the turnaround for most tests is long. To remedy this a point-of-care rapid diagnostic test for TB has been developed by a multinational team of scientists led by researchers at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. One of its co-inventors, Professor Gerhard Walzl, spoke to The Conversation Africa’s health and medicine editor Candice Bailey.
New TB skin test safe, easy to use (post)
A new skin test for latent M. tuberculosis, was safe and easy to use, and addresses the problem of false positive skin test results in patients who have received the BCG vaccine, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society 2016 International Conference.
Simple, rapid TB diagnosis feasible in low-resource, high-burden settings (post)
A streamlined approach to TB diagnosis requiring a single sputum sample and providing rapid, accurate results to patients proved feasible in rural Uganda, according to research presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.
There’s a new test to detect drug-resistant TB, but Indian doctors don’t trust it yet (post)
The launch in India of Genedrive – a diagnostic product to detect drug-resistant tuberculosis developed by British firm Epistem – has been questioned by medical experts, including the Indian Council for Medical Research. They have cited a study that claims that the test has poor accuracy.
Online consultation: defining the target product profile for a test for TB disease progression (post)
The New Diagnostics Working Group (NDWG) and its Task Force on tests for progression of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to active disease have recently launched an online consultation to gather input on a draft Target Product Profile (TPP) for a test of progression of LTBI.
Penn experts to devise improved diagnostic tool for tuberculosis (post)
A team of Penn doctors and engineers has been awarded a $100,000 grant to develop an unusual new way of diagnosing tuberculosis (TB): ringing the bacteria that cause the disease like a bell.
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