ALLMedicine™ Tuberculosis Screening Center

Jan 19th, 2021 - Tuberculosis (TB) rates among Tibetan refugee children and adolescents attending boarding schools in India are extremely high. We undertook a comprehensive case finding and TB preventive treatment (TPT) program in 7 schools in the Zero TB Kids pro...

Jan 16th, 2021 - Point-of-care C-reactive protein (POC CRP) testing is a potential tuberculosis (TB) screening tool for people living with HIV (PLHIV). Unlike lab-based assays, POC assays do not routinely adjust CRP levels for hematocrit, potentially resulting in ...

Dec 14th, 2020 - We sought to develop a smooth and low cost sample preparation and DNA extraction protocol, streamlined with a ready-to-use qPCR in a portable instrument to overcome some of the existing hurdles. Several solutions were evaluated as to their ability...

Dec 3rd, 2020 - Tuberculosis screening in psoriasis patients is complex due to the immunological alterations associated with psoriasis, the presence of comorbidities, and the effect of immunosuppressive treatment. However, it is not established whether the result...

Nov 23rd, 2020 - In Bangladesh, about 80% of healthcare is provided by the private sector. Although free diagnosis and care is offered in the public sector, only half of the estimated number of people with tuberculosis are diagnosed, treated, and notified to the n...

May 17th, 2019 - The 2005 CDC guidelines for preventing Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in health care settings include recommendations for baseline tuberculosis (TB) screening of all U.S. health care personnel and annual testing for health care personnel ...

Jan 31st, 2018 - CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report describing recommendations for cough due to TB and other chronic infections.

Apr 30th, 2017 - Pulmonary tuberculosis remains a major cause of disease worldwide and an important public health hazard in the United States. The imaging evaluation depends to a large degree on clinical symptoms and whether active disease is suspected or a subjec.

Jan 14th, 2017 - These guidelines are not intended to impose a standard of care. They provide the basis for rational decisions in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the context of the existing evidence.

Dec 7th, 2016 - Twenty-three evidence-based recommendations about diagnostic testing for latent tuberculosis infection, pulmonary tuberculosis, and extrapulmonary tuberculosis are provided. Six of the recommendations are strong, whereas the remaining 17 are condi.

Jan 19th, 2021 - Tuberculosis (TB) rates among Tibetan refugee children and adolescents attending boarding schools in India are extremely high. We undertook a comprehensive case finding and TB preventive treatment (TPT) program in 7 schools in the Zero TB Kids pro...

Jan 16th, 2021 - Point-of-care C-reactive protein (POC CRP) testing is a potential tuberculosis (TB) screening tool for people living with HIV (PLHIV). Unlike lab-based assays, POC assays do not routinely adjust CRP levels for hematocrit, potentially resulting in ...

Dec 14th, 2020 - We sought to develop a smooth and low cost sample preparation and DNA extraction protocol, streamlined with a ready-to-use qPCR in a portable instrument to overcome some of the existing hurdles. Several solutions were evaluated as to their ability...

Dec 3rd, 2020 - Tuberculosis screening in psoriasis patients is complex due to the immunological alterations associated with psoriasis, the presence of comorbidities, and the effect of immunosuppressive treatment. However, it is not established whether the result...

Nov 23rd, 2020 - In Bangladesh, about 80% of healthcare is provided by the private sector. Although free diagnosis and care is offered in the public sector, only half of the estimated number of people with tuberculosis are diagnosed, treated, and notified to the n...

Nov 6th, 2020 - People taking even low-dose methotrexate need tuberculosis screening and ongoing clinical care if they live in areas where TB is common, results of a study presented at ACR Convergence 2020 suggests. Coauthor Carol Hitchon, MD, MSc, a rheumatologi...

Aug 23rd, 2019 - A third of tuberculosis cases in children and adolescents diagnosed in the U.S. occurred outside groups currently identified for tuberculosis screening, researchers found. Of these cases, 21% did not meet current guidelines for testing, but had on...

May 16th, 2019 - U. S.

Aug 13th, 2015 - Tuberculosis is the only condition in patients with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis who are being treated with systemic biologic agents for which there is strong evidence in favor of baseline screening, according to a literature review. Analysis.

Aug 13th, 2015 - Tuberculosis is the only condition in patients with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis who are being treated with systemic biologic agents for which there is strong evidence in favor of baseline screening, according to a literature review. Analysis.