Another aspect of infection control is the psychological impact of isolation precautions on patients. A study focusing on patients under isolation found that these precautions could negatively ...

Patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) require special precautions in healthcare facilities, and cases of TB have been rising in the US over the past several years. These precautions include ...

these were the precautions I needed to take." Most Americans have developed some level of protection against severe disease from previous COVID-19 infections, vaccinations, or both. But ...

These precautions include isolating persons with suspected TB in patient rooms with specialized air handling known as airborne infection isolation rooms. To improve our ability to assess patients ...

Caitlin Dugdale, MD, MSc, and Kimon Zachary, MD, physicians in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and ...

The Human Metapneumovirus HMPV an emerging respiratory virus is currently circulating globally Doctors share if any antibiotics can effectively combat this virus or not ...

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TBorNotTB has been developed to assist clinicians in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis in low-prevalence settings. Read more.