In an HIV-positive population, the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay detected tuberculous meningitis with higher sensitivity than the older Xpert assay and a mycobacterial growth indicator tube culture, ...

New agreement aims to provide greater access to millions more high-quality tuberculosis (TB) tests for people living in the least developed countries where the need is most urgent. Enables the Global ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An updated version of the Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampin assay ...

Background: The identification of non-tuberculosis (TB) mycobacterial (NTM) infection remains a significant challenge. This study aims to investigate the diagnostic value of multicolour nested ...

Hope brightens for tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in Nigeria as a 16-Module Genexpert Machine is launched in Lagos. This will increase the testing and diagnosis capacity of TB, allowing patients ...

Tuberculosis (TB) causes more deaths globally than any other infectious disease and is a top 10 cause of death worldwide. Globally in 2017, of the estimated 10 million people with TB, 3.6 million were ...

Tuberculosis (TB) causes more deaths globally than any other infectious disease and is a top 10 cause of death worldwide. Globally in 2017, of the estimated 10 million people with TB, 3.6 million were ...

The federal government has said it will convert the over 300 Gene Xpert machines that are used for Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in the country for COVID-19 detection. This move will be completed in the ...

Cepheid has supported TB testing worldwide for over 15 years. Xpert MTB/RIF, released in 2009 in collaboration with the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), was a first-of-its-kind ...

In one-fifth of people with active tuberculosis (TB), the site of disease is outside the lungs (extrapulmonary TB). Some forms of extrapulmonary TB, such as TB meningitis, are extremely dangerous, ...