A streamlined approach to tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis requiring a single sputum sample and providing rapid, accurate results to patients proved feasible in rural Uganda, according to research ...

Background. Nucleic acid amplification tests are sensitive and specific for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum smear–positive populations, but they are less sensitive in sputum ...

Of the 148 patients referred during the 15 months of the study, 1 patient was not entered in to the study because clinical review indicated the presence of pneumonia. Three patients were withdrawn ...

Avalon GloboCare Corp (NASDAQ:ALBT) announced that Laboratory Services MSO (LSM) is now offering an in-house laboratory-developed test to detect tuberculosis using a patient’s sputum sample. Avalon ...

Clinicians found that some patients had positive real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results for SARS-CoV-2 in the sputum or feces after the pharyngeal swabs became negative ...

Drink plenty of fluids the night prior to the test. Sputum sample collections is done early in the morning before eating or drinking anything. Brush teeth and rinse mouth well prior to the test. Do ...

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Small lab-on-a-chip devices may turn out to be excellent candidates for analyzing patient sputum because they can perform a number of steps automatically. Engineers at Penn State have developed the ...

"It’s straightforward, very cheap, very fast to develop." Health experts deploy groundbreaking AI tool in fight against world ...

CF is a life-threatening inherited disease caused by genetic mutation of the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a cyclic AMP-dependent chloride channel present in secretory and other cells ...

Clinicians from the Institute of Infectious Diseases at Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University found that some patients had positive real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction ...