WHO and many governments endorse the TST because it is a cheap and ubiquitous test, however, over-reliance on this single test means that we are failing. A new study finds that the most commonly used ...

Background: Internationally-adopted children are a unique group of Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-vaccinated children with high rates of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in whom serial tuberculin ...

Hsia and colleagues compared IGRA testing (QuantiFERON®-TB Gold (QFT-GIT; Cellestis, Inc.; Valencia, California) and TST testing (Mantoux) in 2282 patients enrolled in multinational phase 3 trials of ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Results from two phase 3 clinical trials recently ...

OBJECTIVE: Approximately 6000 women deliver annually at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, where 2.4% of women has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 60% is foreign-born. We conducted a ...

ATS 2016, SAN FRANCISCO - A new skin test for tuberculosis infection has proven safe, easy to administer and accurate in two Phase III clinical trials, according to research presented at the ATS 2016 ...