The Union World Conference on Lung Health showcased a study on preventive therapy pills and a potential new TB drug, ...

medwireNews: The use of a novel, diagnostic test called Xpert (Cepheid Inc, California, USA) is both sensitive and specific in detecting tuberculosis (TB) and rifampicin resistance, report US ...

An automated nucleic acid amplification test widely used for early detection of tuberculosis in countries where the disease is more prevalent also worked well in the United States, suggesting the ...

The Xpert Ultra assay had superior sensitivity compared with Xpert for detecting tuberculosis in patients with paucibacillary disease and patients with HIV, study data showed. “WHO recommended the ...

A study led by Frank Cobelens of the Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and colleagues reports on the cost-effectiveness of implementing the Xpert MTB/RIF ...

PGIMER has adopted Gene-Xpert for rapid tuberculosis testing, which provides results in just two hours Gene-Xpert technology is highly sensitive in detecting extra-pulmonary TB, making it an effective ...

Background: The identification of non-tuberculosis (TB) mycobacterial (NTM) infection remains a significant challenge. This study aims to investigate the diagnostic value of multicolour nested ...

The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) has announced the restoration of GeneXpert TB Test services in the hospital. The restoration of the service is a collaboration between the Tamale Teaching Hospital ...

Tuberculosis (TB) causes more deaths globally than any other infectious disease and is a top 10 cause of death worldwide. Globally in 2017, of the estimated 10 million people with TB, 3.6 million were ...