A college student with a positive result on purified protein derivative (PPD) testing (induration 12 mm) and a negative chest x-ray was treated with nine months of isoniazid. During this period, he ...
It is recommended to do a tuberculin (Mantoux) skin test for candidates waiting for kidney transplantation. When is the test considered positive in dialysis patients? Should preventive treatment for ...
A newly approved diagnostic test could give UK clinicians a more accurate way to identify latent and active tuberculosis (TB). The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has ...