The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that up to 13 million people in the United States have latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. These patients do not feel sick, do not show ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has opened the door to widespread use of interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) in testing for tuberculosis (TB) infection. Officials lifted restrictions on the ...

Healthcare workers should be tested for tuberculosis (TB) when they are hired and should be retested only after an occupational exposure, according to new guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease ...

In 1976, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) published brief guidelines for the investigation, diagnostic evaluation, and medical treatment of TB contacts. Although investigation of contacts and ...

US medical residents are not proficient at diagnosing and managing tuberculosis (TB), according to a report published in the online open access journal, BMC Infectious Diseases. Dr. Petros Karakousis ...

In response to nosocomial outbreaks of tuberculosis among patients and health care workers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released tuberculosis control guidelines in 1990. These ...

Three renowned healthcare organizations — the World Health Organization, UNAIDS and International Labour Organization — have released 14-point policy guidelines to better protect healthcare ...

An international trial exploring the effectiveness of tuberculosis (TB) treatment in children has led to a change in the World Health Organization's global guidelines for managing the disease. A ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WHO fully released new treatment guidelines for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, or MDR-TB, and announced a ...

The American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, European Respiratory Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have published an official clinical guideline on ...