investigations may strongly suggest tuberculosis as the diagnosis, they cannot confirm it. A complete medical evaluation for tuberculosis (TB) must include a medical...

(X-rays) is used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Abnormalities on chest radiographs may be suggestive of, but are never diagnostic of TB, but can be used...

surgeon Percivall Pott who first described the symptoms in 1799, is tuberculosis of the spine, usually due to haematogenous spread from other sites, often...

protein derivative) is a tool for screening for tuberculosis (TB) and for tuberculosis diagnosis. It is one of the major tuberculin skin tests used around...

caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections...

channels. The clinical presentation of abdominal tuberculosis is often atypical, tissue samples for confirmation of diagnosis can be difficult to procure and...

multiple-puncture tuberculin skin test used to aid in the medical diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). The tine test is similar to the Heaf test, although the...

often confirm suspected diagnosis. Lastly, 10–30% of adults and 20–40% of children with miliary tuberculosis have tuberculosis meningitis. This relationship...

the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. He set up practice in Griffin, Georgia, but he was soon diagnosed with tuberculosis, the same disease that had...

present, but are not specific for tuberculosis. A definitive diagnosis of tuberculosis requires identification of the causative organism by microbiologic...

of tuberculosis that caused the latent tuberculosis diagnosis for them. Only by required testing (required in some jobs) or developing symptoms of active...

for tuberculosis which was proven to be ineffective, but developed for diagnosis of tuberculosis after his death. For his research on tuberculosis, he...

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is tuberculosis (TB) within a location in the body other than the lungs. It accounts for an increasing fraction of active cases...

protection". The program provides, various free of cost, quality tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment services across the country through the government...

assays (IGRA) are medical tests used in the diagnosis of some infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis. Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) release assays rely on...

purified protein derivative, is a combination of proteins that are used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. This use is referred to as the tuberculin skin...

Andhra Pradesh was one of the first adopter of Truenat under its Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) for TB diagnosis. In October 2018,...

Management of tuberculosis refers to techniques and procedures utilized for treating tuberculosis (TB), or simply a treatment plan for TB. The medical...

association of tuberculosis with Hodgkin's disease in 20% of cases. A diagnosis of tuberculosis in Jane Austen (of which Addison's disease of the adrenals...

orbit of the Bloomsbury Group. Mansfield was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis in 1917, and she died in France aged 34. Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp...

rapid tuberculosis diagnosis and rapid antibiotic sensitivity test. It is an automated diagnostic test that can identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)...

list of notifiable diseases Tuberculosis radiology for CXR details Tuberculosis diagnosis "Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults...

Tamura M, Takasu T (2012). "The PCR-Based Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis: Up to Date". Tuberculosis Research and Treatment. 2012: 831292...

T-SPOT.TB is a type of ELISpot assay used for tuberculosis diagnosis, which belongs to the group of interferon gamma release assays. The test is manufactured...

influenced other sectors of life other than medicine as well, including evaluation of life insurance applicants and diagnosis of tuberculosis. Regarding gender...

was a commercial failure and in the autumn of 1968, he was hospitalized, with a diagnosis of tuberculosis and a collapsed lung. For over a year, while...

the diagnosis of tuberculosis; multiple puncture tests, such as the Heaf test and Tine test, are not recommended. Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the...

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a form of tuberculosis caused by bacteria that are resistant to some of the most effective anti-TB...

has failed to produce a diagnosis, when patients fail to respond to a treatment regimen, in cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis, and in non-compliant patients...

diagnosis of tuberculosis and on immunization against the disease. He served as professor of pathology at several U.S. medical schools and as Dean of...