A streamlined approach to tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis requiring a single sputum sample and providing rapid, accurate results to patients proved feasible in rural Uganda, according to research ...

A simple swab of the tongue could make it easier to do tuberculosis testing and diagnose millions of cases earlier.

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Using a swab to test for a disease should be fresh in the memory of anyone who had a Covid-19 test. A test for TB that relies on a simple tongue swab instead of a person having to cough up sputum is ...

Mumbai: Less than three months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended tongue swabs to detect tuberculosis (TB) ...

Accurate TB diagnosis requires a combination of tests like TST, IGRAs, sputum smear, culture, chest X-ray, NAATs, and histopathology. Healthcare providers need to stay informed about the latest ...

Meerut: As many 205 of the 2,076 samples of sputum that were taken during the 10-day fourth phase of 2018-19 door-to-door active case finding campaign to detect Tuberculosis were found to be positive.

Researchers have developed a fast, non-invasive tongue swab test for tuberculosis that could transform global TB diagnosis.

Chennai: The ICMR's top tuberculosis research institute NIRT is in the process of developing and validating sputum-free tests using blood, stool, urine and saliva samples for diagnosing the disease.