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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.

Treatment guidelines

In the era of universal treatment, what are HIV clinical guidelines for?

News
22 December 2016
TB diagnosis

IDSA Guidelines Recommend Newer Tests to Diagnose Tuberculosis

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IDSA
19 December 2016
TB diagnosis

The Lancet: Migrants screened for active tuberculosis pose negligible risk of spreading infection but can still get disease later

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Eurekalert Medicine & Health
13 October 2016
TB diagnosis

Ugandan experience shows TB detection can be successfully incorporated into community HIV testing campaigns

News
16 September 2016
TB diagnosis

New insight into the progression of tuberculosis infection

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Imperial College London
7 September 2016
TB diagnosis

Training community health workers to perform intensified TB case finding associated with a surge in TB diagnoses in a rural Malawi study

News
2 August 2016
TB diagnosis

New TB skin test safe, easy to use

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Healio
24 May 2016
TB transmission & prevention

Leave no one behind: Stop TB Partnership launches seven key population briefs

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Stop TB Partnership
17 May 2016
TB transmission & prevention

Isoniazid alone prevents tuberculosis in people with advanced HIV, urine test may lower mortality

News
25 March 2016
TB diagnosis

Low cost, 25 min TB-test could help reduce tuberculosis death rate among patients with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

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Science Daily
14 March 2016
TB treatment

Empirical TB treatment comes up short again

News
26 February 2016
TB diagnosis

Large-scale household TB screening shows feasibility in PopART trial

News
25 February 2016
TB diagnosis

Blood test could transform tuberculosis diagnosis, help monitor treatment effectiveness

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Stanford Medical Center Report
22 February 2016
TB diagnosis

Most commonly used TB test fails to accurately diagnose pregnant HIV+ women

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Science Daily
26 January 2016
TB treatment

Unlikely perk of prison life: Free, speedy TB treatment

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Mail & Guardian
12 January 2016
TB diagnosis

LAM point-of-care TB testing reduces mortality in people with HIV/TB co-infection in hospital

News
8 January 2016
Drug-resistant TB

Xpert MTB/RIF testing has reduced MDR-TB treatment delays in South Africa

News
7 January 2016
TB diagnosis

Community care workers boost TB case finding among hard-to-reach adults

News
23 December 2015
TB diagnosis

Low implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF among adults with HIV/TB co-infection in 19 low- and middle-income countries

News
21 December 2015
TB diagnosis

Scientists use breakthrough DNA technology to diagnose cases of TB faster

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University of Oxford press release
7 December 2015
TB diagnosis

London areas have higher TB than Iraq

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BBC Health
27 October 2015
TB diagnosis

TB death rate four times higher in Eastern Europe due to lack of HIV treatment after TB diagnosis

News
22 October 2015
TB diagnosis

Large-scale study underscores value of routine Xpert testing on TB, MDR TB case finding

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Science Speaks
28 May 2015
TB treatment

Ukraine: Concurrent treatment for HIV/TB co-infection breaks up “deadly alliance”

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Science Speaks
30 March 2015