A positive tuberculosis (TB) skin test can look different depending on your risk factors. Learn risk factors to consider and what a positive test may look like.

It was designed to identify TB bacteria and the most common form of drug resistance in only two hours. But as a new technology, no one was quite sure how effective it was.

A recently introduced blood test can reveal which patients may develop active tuberculosis much more precisely than the 100-year old TB skin test, according to a new study published today in the ...

RNA signatures from suspected TB patients could form basis of diagnostic test Date: October 22, 2013 Source: Public Library of Science Summary: A set of RNA transcriptional signatures expressed in ...

A positive test without pulmonary symptoms and a negative chest x-ray implies latent TB. This form is not transmissible. In general it takes from eight to twelve weeks after exposure for a skin ...

Cepheid continues to charge $15 per test for the diagnosis of extremely drug-resistant TB, the most lethal form of the disease. Funding for TB services in low- and middle-income countries fell to ...

Health History 1 & 2 (pdf): Students must complete both parts of the Health History form online. Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Questionnaire (pdf): View list of TB-Endemic countries and answer ...

All new KSC students must submit required health forms, which include an immunization report, a physical form, and the TB Screening Questionnaire or proof of negative TB Test within last 12 months, ...