Items tagged with Diagnostics
Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in decentralized public health settings and its effect on pulmonary TB and DR-TB case finding in India (post)
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New online tool to predict genetic resistance to tuberculosis drugs (post)
Finding out what drugs can be used to treat a patient with tuberculosis (TB) can be sped up by days or weeks, thanks to a new free online tool.
Testing for tuberculosis reliably and quickly (post)
Researchers in Malaysia and Iran have developed a simple diagnostic test to quickly and reliably detect tuberculosis in humans.
Poor specificity of TB skin test may lead to overtreatment in children (post)
Tuberculin skin testing resulted in poorer specificity when compared with a commercial interferon-gamma release assay in identifying latent tuberculosis among a cohort of internationally adopted children.
Pooling samples leads to 30 percent cost savings for Xpert TB testing (post)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Even with concessionary pricing and international investment, the cost of Cepheid's GeneXpert MTB/RIF for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampin resistance testing sometimes strains impoverished areas.
Impact of decentralized care and the Xpert MTB/RIF test on rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis treatment initiation in Khayelitsha, South Africa (post)
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Gates Foundation supports Technion innovation for TB (post)
Haifa (Israel) – Technion – Israel Institute of Technology announced today that it will receive Phase II funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables individuals worldwide to test bold ideas to address persistent health and development challenges. Professor Hossam Haick will continue to pursue an innovative global health research project, titled “Self-Administered Adhesive Patch for Detection of Tuberculosis”.
Co-Diagnostics launches India tuberculosis test initiative (post)
Co-Diagnostics today (June 12) announced the launch of its India TB initiative - to provide affordable, state-of-the-art qPCR tests for tuberculosis.
The race for faster tuberculosis tests (post)
As U.S. health officials treat an Indian woman who entered the country with drug-resistant tuberculosis, scientists at Texas A&M Health Science Center are trying to develop faster and more accurate ways to diagnose the infectious disease.
Parasite sequencing provides mutation set to predict tuberculosis treatment success (post)
A retrospective study published online today in Lancet Infectious Diseases suggests mutation patterns found by sequencing many Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates can provide a framework for predicting drug resistance or susceptibility.
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