Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge, affecting millions each year. Globally, an estimated 10.8 million people ...

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The 100 Days Tuberculosis (TB) Elimination campaign launched on December 7, last year nationwide and in Meghalaya has ...

Conventional tests including imaging (Xray, CT scan) and sputum examination remain pivotal ... like Cartridge-Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT) which can provide accurate and fast ...

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The immune systems of 70 per cent of healthy people will completely eradicate the bacilli; the remainder will become infected and have a positive reaction to a skin test. For the 5 per cent to 10 ...

Many health centres still rely on outdated methods like sputum smear microscopy ... Most doctors don’t even order a TB test until the disease has progressed. Stigma is another powerful force ...

Sometimes test results take days or weeks increasing the chances of transmission and causing treatment delays. Rapid diagnostics tests like Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for TB may be considered a ...

A number of studies have suggested a pathogenetic role for airway inflammation in the induction of both chronic sputum production and chronic airflow obstruction in smokers.1 It is therefore important ...