Mr. Boadi, left, gave instructions on how to use a sputum sample cup to Sadia Ribiro, center, and her husband, Joshua Dodoo, so that they could test their youngest child for TB.

Andrew Speaker was diagnosed in May with extensively drug resistant TB, based on an analysis of a sample taken in March by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The XDR-TB, as it is ...

Two immune system molecules could form the basis of a new test to quickly detect whether tuberculosis is dormant or active and infectious, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.

On Tuesday, several TB-focused organizations announced a major victory after the multinational conglomerate Danaher Corp. cut the cost of a critical TB test by 20 per cent.

Symptoms aren't usually present in the primary or latent stage of TB, but there are still two ways to test whether TB germs are present in the body. The first of these is a blood test "which ...

The second diagnostic test option is known as a purified protein derivative (PPD) test, but it's commonly referred to as a TB skin test. "TB skin tests have been used in medicine for over a ...

The conventional TB test scans for bacterial DNA in coughed-up mucus, or sputum. But some children struggle to produce a sample on request. The test also can miss TB in people simultaneously ...

The oldest test, the sputum smear, has been used for 100 years to detect TB. It is outdated, clumsy and can take three days to process.

Symptoms aren't usually present in the primary or latent stage of TB, but there are still two ways to test whether TB germs are present in the body. The first of these is a blood test "which measures ...