Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...

A recently introduced blood test can reveal which patients may develop active tuberculosis much more precisely than the 100-year old TB skin test, according to a new study published today in the ...

Three active tuberculosis cases tied to Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco’s Westwood Park neighborhood have ...

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In this episode we are joined by Hema Kapoor, MD, SM, D(ABMM), Senior Medical Director of Infectious Diseases/Immunology and Global Diagnostics Network, Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics, to ...

Standard medical options for treating a draining enterocutaneous fistula include antibiotics, immunomodulators, and biologics. The evidence for the use of antibiotics in this scenario has been more to ...

The following scenario emphasizes the necessity of creating a wheal while administering the Mantoux test. A 46-year-old Asian man who recently immigrated to the United States was seen for routine ...

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A TB outbreak at a San Francisco high school has forced school officials to impose hybrid and remote learning options.