The following scenario emphasizes the necessity of creating a wheal while administering the Mantoux test. A 46-year-old Asian man who recently immigrated to the United States was seen for routine ...

Woodrow Wilson Middle School seventh-grader Ty Lautenschlager probably wasn’t eager to have a needle injected into his arm Tuesday for a tuberculosis skin test. “It’s like any other test — it has to ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Department of Health will begin implementing its new tuberculosis, or TB, procedures on March 19, following the recommendations of several health organizations.

BALTIMORE — Compared with a traditional tuberculin skin test, an interferon-gamma release assay was less expensive, provided better accuracy and was a reliable alternative for screening health care ...

Manager and NRF-rated researcher: Chromatography Mass Spectrometry - University of Pretoria and UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP-ISMC), University of Pretoria Yvette Naudé does not ...

FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — The Forsyth County Health Department is changing requirements for who gets tested for tuberculin (TB) due to a nationwide shortage of Aplisol and Tubersol. Both Aplisol and ...

July 23, 2012 — A negative tuberculin skin testing (TST) result, as defined by a reaction of less than 5 mm of induration by Mantoux testing, is strongly predictive of active tuberculosis (TB)-related ...

HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – Henderson County Department of Public Health officials announced Friday that they will no longer offer routine tuberculosis skin test screenings due to a nationwide ...

The bacteria that cause the disease can be spread through the air by coughing, sneezing or even just speaking. People nearby can inhale the airborne germs. The vaccine Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is ...