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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

Towards Lab-Free Tuberculosis Diagnosis

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MSF
23 August 2011
Drug-resistant TB

SOUTH AFRICA: Shortage of drug-resistant TB treatment looms

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IRIN Plus News
22 August 2011
TB diagnosis

Inexpensive microcalorimeters can quickly detect TB

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News-Medical-Net
17 August 2011
TB diagnosis

Cepheid fares well with sales of rapid TB test in developing countries

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Science Speaks
9 August 2011
TB diagnosis

New TB drug-resistance test shows promise but needs investment for those diagnosed to be cured

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Eurekalert Inf Dis
26 July 2011
TB diagnosis

WHO says widely used blood tests to detect tuberculosis unreliable, ‘dangerous’ to patients

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Washington Post
19 July 2011
TB transmission & prevention

Research offers simpler, effective treatment option for latent TB infection

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US CDC
16 May 2011
Drug-resistant TB

Know your epidemiology: one lesson of many for GeneXpert roll-out

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Science Speaks
16 May 2011
TB diagnosis

Improving TB diagnosis in India: What will it take?

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Science Speaks
4 April 2011
TB diagnosis

KENYA: Stepping up paediatric TB diagnosis

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IRIN Plus News
24 March 2011
TB diagnosis

South Africa: Poor Response to TB and HIV

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AllAfrica
24 March 2011
Drug-resistant TB

New TB Test to Detect More People Who Need MDR-TB Treatment

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MSF
24 March 2011
TB diagnosis

The BCG World Atlas a world first in the fight against tuberculosis

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Eurekalert Medicine & Health
22 March 2011
Tuberculosis & HIV

A research agenda for TB

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Science Speaks
16 March 2011
TB diagnosis

ZAMBIA: How to build a TB lab in a shipping container

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IRIN Plus News
2 February 2011
TB diagnosis

ZAMBIA: Better health comes in containers

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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
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
TB diagnosis

TB in India: a deadly misdiagnosis

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New Yorker
9 November 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

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

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Eurekalert Medicine & Health
30 August 2010