Early detection and prompt treatment of tuberculosis (TB) are the main pillars on the way to ending TB as they help prevent further transmission. Finding those at risk of developing infection, however ...

Prescribing information and clinical guidelines showed gaps in TB screening protocols for many recently approved targeted immunotherapies.

ATS 2009, San Diego—New estimates of the likelihood that a latent case of tuberculosis (TB) will become active have resulted in a roughly 50 percent increase over previous estimates of the number of ...

This also was based on the CDC document “Guidelines for preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2006,” which defines TB screening risk classifications and ...