This is the first study to combine molecular genotyping techniques and drug susceptibilities to demonstrate that DOT for tuberculosis is associated with less initial drug resistance and less ...

Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in children is a challenge with up to 94% of children with TB treated empirically in TB high-burden countries. Therefore, new diagnostic tests are needed for TB diagnosis.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death globally, with 10.4 million people falling ill with the disease and 1.7 million TB-related deaths reported in 2016 alone. According to the World ...

Directly observed therapy — where a health professional watches someone take a medication — has been the standard of care for tuberculosis treatment in the United States since 2016. Now DOT, as it’s ...

A patient in Piuthan undergoing a test for TB. All photos: BNMT One in every three Nepalis carries the tuberculosis bacillus. There may be no active symptoms, but they can at any point progree into a ...

These data suggest resistance is less likely to develop and be transmitted when persons with tuberculosis are managed with universal DOT as compared to selective DOT. This provides additional support ...