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 ...

New Delhi, Sep 19 (PTI) A pilot project for utilising services of the postal department for transport of sputum specimen for diagnosis of tuberculosis was launched at Karawal Nagar here on Wednesday.

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Most tuberculosis (TB) testing today relies on sputum samples coughed up from the lungs. This makes intuitive sense since pulmonary (or lung) TB is the most common form of TB and sputum provides ...

Most tuberculosis (TB) tests are conducted on sputum samples. The difficulty with this is that many people, particularly children and people living with HIV, struggle to cough up the thick mucus, also ...

Researchers have unveiled new AI tools, from smartphone cough analysis to child-friendly screening systems, which could ...

New Delhi: Tuberculosis, a bacterium infection that affects the lungs, is a major public health problem in India, with an estimated 21.4 lakh TB cases reported in 2021, 18 per cent higher than in 2020 ...

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen detection has long been viewed positively as an option for TB diagnosis as this has the potential advantage of reflecting mycobacterial burden while remaining ...

The joint director, health services (TB & Leprosy), Pune has directed the district TB centres in Marathwada to submit sputum samples of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB patients for follow-up culture to ...