News tagged with latent tuberculosis
New latent tuberculosis test promises to be cheap and fast
Biomedical engineers at UC Davis have developed a microfluidic chip to test for latent tuberculosis. They hope the test will be cheaper, faster and more reliable than current testing for the disease.
May 22, 2012 |
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CDC: New regimen drastically shortens TB treatment
(AP) -- Health officials on Monday celebrated a faster treatment for people who have tuberculosis but aren't infectious, after investigators found a new combination of pills knocks out the disease in three months instead ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 16, 2011 |
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Study shows a serious risk of side effects when having latent tuberculosis therapy over age 65
A new study found that there is a serious increased risk of side effects requiring hospitalization in people over the age of 65 who are going through latent tuberculosis infection therapy, according to a study published in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Spread of TB in prisons increases the incidence of TB in the general population
The risk of tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB (in which the bacteria that cause TB lie dormant but can reactivate later to cause active TB disease) is higher in the prison population than in the general population. And importantly, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 21, 2010 |
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New technique may quickly distinguish between active and latent TB
An emerging technique designed to quickly distinguish between people with active and dormant tuberculosis may help health professionals diagnose the disease sooner, thereby potentially limiting early exposure to the disease, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 16, 2010 |
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Fat clue to TB awakening
The factors instrumental in triggering latent tuberculosis (TB) infection to progress into active disease have long remained elusive to researchers. New insight into the mystery is provided by Professor David ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 28, 2010 |
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Scientists in hot pursuit of first new drug for global killer in 50 years
This World TB Day (March 24), researchers at Sydney's Centenary Institute announce they have made an exciting discovery that could lead to the first new drug for Tuberculosis (TB) in almost fifty years.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Burden of HIV/TB infections increasingly falling on Hispanic community
The results of an innovative study to understand what factors may influence who contracts tuberculosis (TB)/HIV co-infection in San Diego show a significant shift in the ethnic makeup of the disease, with the majority of ...
Feb 10, 2010 |
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New test quickly ID's active TB in smear-negative patients
Active tuberculosis can be rapidly identified in patients with negative sputum tests by a new method, according to European researchers. Active tuberculosis (TB) is the seventh-leading cause of death worldwide, and while ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Risk of tuberculosis from arthritis medication examined
Treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents is recognized as a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Tijuana injection drug users on collision course for HIV and TB
A study by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Mexican researchers and health officials, shows that as many as 67 percent of injection drug users in Tijuana test ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Discovery of tuberculosis bacterium enzyme paves way for new TB drugs
A team of University of Maryland scientists has paved the way for the development of new drug therapies to combat active and asymptomatic (latent) tuberculosis infections by characterizing the unique structure and mechanism ...
Mar 27, 2009 |
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New treatment option for latent tuberculosis
Patients who are infected with the latent form of tuberculosis (TB) show no symptoms and are not contagious, yet they pose the biggest challenge when it comes to controlling the disease. The latest study by Dr. Dick Menzies ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 22, 2009 |
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