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There are several ways to test for tuberculosis (TB), including sputum smear microscopy (examining a sample of phlegm under a microscope), the culture test (growing bacteria from a sample), the tuberculin skin test (known as Mantoux or PPD), a blood test called interferon gamma release assay (IGRA), X-rays and scans.

TB diagnosis

The Search for Swaziland’s TB-Infected Mine Workers

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Inter Press Service
9 April 2013
Drug-resistant TB

African Health Ministers Commit to Ramped Up TB/HIV Treatment

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Voice of America
22 March 2013
TB diagnosis

New ECDC/WHO Euro report: One in five TB patients has extrapulmonary tuberculosis

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ECDC
20 March 2013
TB diagnosis

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis - A challenging diagnosis

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ECDC video
20 March 2013
Drug-resistant TB

Sluggish response risks squandering historic opportunity to tackle global drug-resistant tuberculosis

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MSF
20 March 2013
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Alere to Develop Simple, Affordable Point-of-Care Nucleic Acid Test for Tuberculosis & Expand Manufacturing for POC HIV Viral Load Platform

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Alere
2 March 2013
TB diagnosis

Information Note on the use of Xpert MTB/RIF for detection of TB among people living with HIV

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WHO
18 February 2013
Drug-resistant TB

Cochrane review gives thumbs up to GeneXpert test for detection of MDR-TB

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Citizen News Service
1 February 2013
TB diagnosis

United States government announces $11 million in additional support for rapid TB test in 14 countries

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PEPFAR press release
6 December 2012
TB diagnosis

Xpert MTB/RIF for those with HIV; the importance of considering equity

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PLoS Blogs (blog)
23 November 2012
TB diagnosis

Xpert test for TB could help prevent deaths in southern Africa, but at substantial cost

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Eurekalert Inf Dis
21 November 2012
TB diagnosis

MSF: Standard TB test failing to detect the disease in children 93% of the time

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Médecins Sans Frontières press release
16 November 2012
Drug-resistant TB

MSF: Implementation of new test increases drug-resistant TB diagnosis while shortening treatment initiation time

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Médecins Sans Frontières press release
15 November 2012
Drug-resistant TB

Capacity to diagnose M/XDR-TB strengthened across Europe

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WHO Europe
19 October 2012
TB diagnosis

As multidrug-resistant tuberculosis continues to spread, new efforts to coordinate TB detection and treatment hold promise

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TB Alliance
17 October 2012
TB treatment

20 million lives saved through TB care and control

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WHO
17 October 2012
HIV testing programmes & uptake

South Africa: Taking HIV Testing to Homes

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allAfrica.com
20 September 2012
TB diagnosis

Symptom Screening Can Miss TB in HIV Patients on ART

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Medscape (requires free registration)
17 September 2012
TB diagnosis

UNITAID approves US$ 30 million for innovative project to roll out ground-breaking tuberculosis test at reduced cost

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UNITAID
14 June 2012
TB diagnosis

Menssana research develops rapid point-of-care breath test for pulmonary tuberculosis

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Menssana press release
1 June 2012
Global health initiatives

UNITAID seeks innovative HIV, TB and malaria proposals

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Science Speaks
16 May 2012
Tuberculosis & HIV

Ministers endorse declaration set to pave the way to zero TB deaths among miners in Southern Africa

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Stop TB Partnership
14 May 2012
TB diagnosis

WHO TB diagnostics may prevent more deaths than standard of care

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International AIDS Society
9 May 2012
TB transmission & prevention

Towards TB elimination: ECDC and ERS introduce new guidelines on tuberculosis care in Europe

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Eurekalert Medicine & Health
1 April 2012