Background. Contact screening is an essential component of all tuberculosis control strategies. We hypothesize that time-to-detection (TTD) in liquid culture of spontaneously produced sputum samples ...

Investigators collaborating on new chip-based technology using dielectrophoresis to selectively isolate Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum from suspected TB patients in underserved areas report ...

Tests that can replace sputum smear microscopy have been identified as a top priority diagnostic need for tuberculosis by the World Health Organization. High-quality evidence on diagnostic accuracy ...

A team of faculty from Wayne State University has discovered new technology that will quickly and easily detect active Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection antibodies. Their work, "Discovery of ...