Using Xpert Ultra in sputum, gastric aspirate, stool, and nasopharyngeal aspirate, the risk of missing a diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (confirmed by culture) is low, suggesting that only a small ...

SmartAsset, a financial technology company, said it ranked 48 major U.S. metro areas based on the cost of raising a small child. The study also evaluated the annual change in these costs.

Objective We aimed to measure the prevalence and incidence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and tuberculosis (TB) disease in children in close contact with patients with drug-resistant TB ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes an extensive array of genes dedicated to the synthesis and degradation of a diverse range of secondary messenger molecules. Given its highly intricate intracellular ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — Staff at the Hays County Health Department are working to contact members of the Texas State University community after someone on campus contracted tuberculosis (TB). University ...

An unvaccinated child has been confirmed with measles, becoming the third case in the state. The child visited a Costco and a Walmart in eastern Iowa, along with one store at a major mall.

Although we were able to include a large number of children from different settings, we were not able to include data for some existing studies. It is challenging to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis in ...

Introduction Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) are leading causes of infectious disease-related deaths worldwide. Limited reports exist on TB/HIV co-infection in children.

Microelectronics manufacturing generates substantial wastewater, containing toxic contaminants. Although the reverse osmosis (RO) membrane is a promising treatment technology, its suboptimal water ...