Nanopore sequencing demonstrated excellent diagnostic value in suspected TB diagnoses from extrapulmonary samples, significantly outperforming acid-fast staining, DNA testing, X-pert, and M.

Background. A 48-year-old woman with chronic urinary tract infections presented with uremia. Imaging studies revealed bilateral hydronephrosis and segmental ureteral thickening. Investigations.

A chest roentgenogram at that time showed changes suggesting tuberculosis, and he was admitted to another institution for treatment. Despite negative cultures for acid-fast bacilli, he was given ...

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

Recently, an association between IgG4-RD and tuberculosis (TB) has been reported ... at night and was positive in TB-related tests such as T-SPOT, Xpert MTB, and acid-fast staining of the cervical ...

This study presents TBorNotTB, a CDSS designed to improve TB evaluation and streamline isolation decisions, reducing labor ...

AND [there is] evidence of recent transmission of M. tuberculosis among those cases," Bronaugh clarified. "Recent" transmission is often defined as happening within the past two years, she added.

A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the ...

Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Jan. 24 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," Kansas health officials said Monday. The Kansas Department ...

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the United States. "Currently, Kansas has the largest outbreak that they've ever had in history," Ashley ...

The number of tuberculosis cases linked to an outbreak in the Kansas City area continues to swell, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The outbreak, which began a year ...