Infection Control Today - Tuberculosis

TB Treatment Paradox: Mouse Studies Show Body's Own Response Helps TB Bacteria Survive

Inhibiting a key immune response in mice during initial multi-drug treatment for tuberculosis could — paradoxically — shorten treatment time for the highly contagious lung infection according to new research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and the Center for TB ...More

June 28, 2012

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Growing Presence of Drug-Resistant TB Fuels Need for More Screening, Faster Testing

Johns Hopkins experts in the prevention and treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis are calling for increased screening and more rapid testing of the 9 million people worldwide estimated to be infected each year with TB and now at risk for this form of the highly ...More

June 7, 2012

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College Awarded Grant to Develop New TB Vaccine Against Drug-Resistant Strains

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University a five-year, $5.9 million grant to develop a new vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), including the toughest-to-treat forms of the disease known as ...More

May 31, 2012

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Targeting Tuberculosis Hotspots Could Have Widespread Benefit

Reducing tuberculosis transmission in geographic "hotspots" where infections are highest could significantly reduce TB transmission on a broader scale, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An analysis of data from ...More

May 28, 2012

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New TB Test Promises to be Cheap and Fast

Biomedical engineers at UC Davis have developed a microfluidic chip to test for latent tuberculosis. They hope the test will be cheaper, faster and more reliable than current testing for the disease. ...More

May 22, 2012

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Tiny Tool Can Play Big Role Against Tuberculosis

A tiny filter could have a big impact around the world in the fight against tuberculosis. Using the traditional microscope-based diagnosis method as a starting point, a University of Florida lung disease specialist and colleagues in Brazil have devised a way to detect more ...More

May 17, 2012

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Biosignatures Distinguish Between Tuberculosis and Sarcoidosis

The human immune system in action. This colored scanning electron microscope image shows a white blood cell (dyed red) in the act of destroying tuberculosis bacteria (yellow). The bacteria are surrounded by the cell membrane of the scavenger cell, then drawn inside and ...More

May 7, 2012

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Possible Connection Between Air Pollution and Tuberculosis Susceptibility

A team of researchers, led by Dr. Stephan Schwander, of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - School of Public Health (UMDNJ-SPH), and funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, has determined a possible link between exposure to a ...More

April 16, 2012

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A Better Tool for Diagnosing Tuberculosis

Up to 30 percent of the world's population is infected with tuberculosis (TB), but in many areas of the world, TB diagnosis still relies on insensitive, poorly standardized, and time-consuming methods. A new diagnostic tool, endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), ...More

April 9, 2012

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More Evidence, Better Diagnostics Needed Before Redefining Severe Forms of Drug-Resistant TB

Reports of tuberculosis (TB) cases with severe patterns of drug resistance are increasing, said experts who attended a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting in Geneva March 21-22, 2012. Participants stressed that the emergence of drug resistance should be a wake-up call ...More

March 23, 2012

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