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There are several ways to test for tuberculosis (TB), including sputum smear microscopy (examining a sample of phlegm under a microscope), the culture test (growing bacteria from a sample), the tuberculin skin test (known as Mantoux or PPD), a blood test called interferon gamma release assay (IGRA), X-rays and scans.

TB diagnosis

ZAMBIA: Better health comes in containers

Editor's pick
IRIN Plus News
27 January 2011
TB diagnosis

WHO recommends against inaccurate tuberculosis tests

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The Lancet
10 January 2011
TB diagnosis

Strip to detect HIV, TB to come to India soon

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The Statesman
6 January 2011
TB transmission & prevention

New joint guidelines on IPT and intensified case-finding from WHO

News
21 December 2010
Improving HIV care

TB, HIV target out of reach, says study

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Sowetan
14 December 2010
TB diagnosis

WHO says Cepheid rapid test will transform TB care

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Reuters
8 December 2010
Self-testing & home testing

Is self-testing for HIV on the way in Africa?

News
15 November 2010
TB diagnosis

TB still killing 4000 people with HIV each day, WHO reports

News
12 November 2010
TB diagnosis

TB in India: a deadly misdiagnosis

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New Yorker
9 November 2010
Drug-resistant TB

Managing MDR-TB in the community: from presentation to cure or end-of-life care

News
18 October 2010
TB diagnosis

One-hour TB test "must be affordable" for poor countries

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IRIN Plus News
20 September 2010
TB diagnosis

UK scientists devise 'one-hour test' for TB

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BBC
17 September 2010
TB diagnosis

More intensive screening for TB needed for HIV-positive patients in South Africa

News
9 September 2010
TB diagnosis

New genomic marker for tuberculosis may help identify patients who will develop the disease

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Eurekalert Medicine & Health
30 August 2010
Drug-resistant TB

Towards more compassionate and effective care for drug resistant TB: improving diagnosis and case detection

News
27 August 2010
Drug-resistant TB

New TB test must reach more people - expert

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Reuters
29 July 2010
TB diagnosis

Lack of TB Screening for PLHA: “Malpractice on the grandest scale”

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Science Speaks
22 July 2010
TB diagnosis

High frequency of undiagnosed TB in patients starting HIV treatment

News
14 May 2010
TB treatment

Integrating TB and HIV services: lessons from the field

News
23 March 2010
TB transmission & prevention

HIV and TB in Practice

News
14 January 2010
TB diagnosis

DetecTB study shows intensified case finding can reduce burden of TB within community with high HIV prevalence

News
14 January 2010
TB diagnosis

DetecTB study shows intensified case finding can reduce burden of TB within community with high HIV prevalence

News
8 January 2010
Access to healthcare

Service integration, focus on holistic healthcare improves health indicators

News
15 December 2009
Retention & linkage to care

Ten steps to reducing loss to follow up

News
11 August 2009