especially if you are getting tested for TB infection because it can cause a false positive TB skin test reaction,” the CDC said. “TB blood tests are the preferred tests for people who have ...

has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to its CRISPR-Tuberculosis (TB) Blood Test. This test is the first qualitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to combine CRISPR technology, ...

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The test stick is swabbed along the upper and lower gum once and placed into the test tube for 20 minutes before reading the results. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval ...

CHARLEROI, Pa. (KDKA) -- The Charleroi Area School District superintendent is notifying the families of high school students after a teen recovering from tuberculosis returned to class on Monday ...

that it can take six to eight weeks after exposure to HIV to test positive. So he should have gone back for a follow-up check. Instead, he presumed a negative result meant he was clear ...

“My doctor told me that the antiretrovirals have been consumed completely and there is nothing left in store,” said E.S., who is HIV-positive ... without adequate testing and screening ...