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 ...

In this episode we are joined by Hema Kapoor, MD, SM, D(ABMM), Senior Medical Director of Infectious Diseases/Immunology and Global Diagnostics Network, Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics, to ...

Chris McMenemy, vice president for administration at Ortmann Healthcare Consultants in Columbia, S.C., addresses a question from a reader at an ambulatory surgery center regarding whether CMS requires ...

The interferon-gamma release assay for latent tuberculosis infection is designed for use on Diasorin's automated, high-throughput Liaison XL platform.

A cohort study evaluating a tuberculosis (TB) prevention program among patients who received biologic therapy found a low risk for incident infection. Pretreatment screening with QuantiFERON-TB (QFT) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, ...