Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) strains have been detected ... and reliable methods for drug-susceptibility testing (DST) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. For years, proportion methods on ...

David Ussery and Brian Delavan discuss bioinformatics into TB surveillance, presenting a new approach to tackling this ...

Kansas is dealing with the largest TB outbreak in modern U.S. history. Here's what to know about tuberculosis testing and cases in Tennessee in 2025.

Early detection and treatment plans have helped limit further disease transmission in the US. However, we've seen numbers ...

People who test positive will be screened to determine ... Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB usually affects the lungs but can also affect the brain ...

Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... The two types of tests that can detect a TB infection are a blood test and a skin test. The blood test, also called ...

tuberculosis ... test is based on the detection of growth in the antibiotic-containing media compared with an antibiotic-free control tube, which is inoculated with a 1:100 dilution of the TB ...