Tulane University professor of medicine Zhen Huang and his team of researchers have developed a simpler way to test for ...

Results of a South African study in this week's issue of THE LANCET show how a diagnosis of tuberculosis in young children can be confirmed by a straightforward sputum test, rather than the ...

A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has highlighted recent advances in ...

THERE are numerous vital reasons that indicate the importance of diagnosing tuberculosis in the minimal stage. The results of sanatorium treatment and follow-up analyses many years after discharge ...

There's a global shortage of radiologists. Now artificial intelligence is helping speed up the diagnosis of tuberculosis in hard-to-reach communities.

A study led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has found that most tuberculosis (TB) cases detected among adults living with someone who has TB are silent (without symptoms) at the time of screening ...

CYTOLOGIC study of sputum and bronchial washings has proved a valuable aid in the diagnosis of bronchogenic carcinoma of the lung. Mention is made in several reports of positive cytologic results in ...

Although often independently classified, the diagnosis of pneumonia acquired in the community and pneumonia acquired in the hospital share many common features. Clinical suspicion should rest on a ...