BIOENGINEER

TB sputum smear positivity rose during Taiwan’s COVID-19 transition, study finds

A retrospective study of 789 adults in southern Taiwan found higher sputum acid-fast bacilli smear positivity during the ...
BIOENGINEER

Chest X-rays and sputum scores flag who may fail shortened all-oral MDR-TB therapy

A prospective cohort study in Lesotho shows that baseline chest radiographic features and sputum smear grades can identify ...
The Conversation

We’ve come up with a TB test that’s cheaper, quicker and more accurate

Bavesh Kana receives/received funding from the South African National Research Foundation, South African Medical Research Council, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Howard Hughes Medical ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Tuberculosis Transmission from a Patient with Skin Lesions and a Negative Sputum Smear

As illustrated in Case 40-2003 (Dec. 25 issue), 1 it is often difficult to find the source of infection in a child who has tuberculosis. In 2001, we cared for a five-month-old girl who presented with ...