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January 24, 2024
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TB testing practices may miss high-risk groups

Current practices for latent tuberculosis infection testing may be missing high-risk patients, according to a study assessing factors associated with testing and positivity, researchers said.

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November 30, 2022
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Undernutrition before TB, after treatment initiation associated with adverse outcomes

Undernutrition, both before tuberculosis onset and at treatment initiation, as well as a lack of body mass index increase after intensive therapy, are associated with unfavorable TB outcomes, according to a recent study.

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November 01, 2022
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VIDEO: Neurological complications can spur from certain infectious diseases

CHICAGO – Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS, discussed how certain infectious diseases can lead to neurological complications in a presentation at the 2022 American Neurological Association meeting.

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November 04, 2021
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Nucleic acid amplification testing not performed in nearly half of confirmed US TB cases

The use of nucleic acid amplification testing for tuberculosis increased in the United States between 2011 and 2017, although nearly half of U.S. TB cases did not include one of the tests, according to a study.

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October 14, 2021
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‘A global wake-up call’: In shadow of COVID-19, TB deaths rise for first time in 15 years

Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have reversed years of global progress in the fight against tuberculosis, leading to an increase in deaths from TB for the first time in over a decade, according to WHO’s 2021 Global TB report.

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August 22, 2021
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Just half of migrants with latent TB initiate and complete treatment

Pooled estimates from a systematic review of nearly 40 studies found that only around half of migrants with latent tuberculosis infection initiated and completed treatment, according to findings reported in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

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November 14, 2019
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Rapid triage test distinguishes between active TB and TB-like diseases in adults

A new point-of-care rapid triage test for human blood samples can differentiate active cases of tuberculosis from TB-like disease in adults in less than an hour, according to data published in Science Translational Medicine.