Recognizing the signs and symptoms. Tuberculosis primarily affects ... blood tests that detect TB infection Chest X-rays to identify characteristic lung changes Sputum microscopy and culture ...

Discover 9 early tuberculosis warning signs that require immediate medical attention. Learn key symptoms, risk factors, and when to seek help for TB detection.

The Kansas City, Missouri, Health Department announced on Friday, Jan. 31, that the metro continues to maintain low numbers ...

Nunavut’s health department has declared an end to tuberculosis outbreaks in Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet. Arviat and Naujaat ...

Current tuberculosis infection tests struggle to detect the disease in those with HIV. A common co-infection, HIV can hide TB ...

A TB smear test, where your doctor takes a sample of the phlegm you've coughed up and looks at it under a microscope for signs of bacteria; A sputum culture, ...

Active TB disease is when a person has a positive TB test and signs or symptoms of the disease, such as a cough, night sweats, weight loss and abnormal chest X-ray. Active TB can spread between ...

In her email to the school community, Plascencia said that conditions like a persistent cough lasting three weeks or longer, coughing up blood, pain with breathing, chest pain, fatigue, weakness, l… ...

Signs and symptoms include a cough that lasts for three weeks or longer, coughing up blood or phlegm, ... and the vaccine's potential interference with TB tests, the CDC notes.

Officials have confirmed a tuberculosis case at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It's unclear if the patient is a student, faculty member or staff member.