A chest X-ray can usually detect active tuberculosis (TB) but not latent TB. In either case, you’ll need a sputum test to confirm a diagnosis. Doctors often use chest X-rays to help diagnose active ...
Trace-positive sputum predicts high 2-year TB risk in Uganda, especially with abnormal chest x-ray, highlighting need for ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The addition of a digital chest X-ray to symptom-based screening doubled the yield of undiagnosed tuberculosis ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) may help clinicians diagnose tuberculosis in parts of the world where radiologists are scarce, a new study suggests. AI software successfully identified tuberculosis (TB) ...
A decentralized model for the screening and management of MDR/RR-TB contacts implemented by trained CHWs has wider potential ...
Siemens Healthineers aims to speed up the use of artificial intelligence against tuberculosis by rolling out digital programs to help diagnose the infectious disease that continues to spread around ...
NEW YORK (Medscape Wire) May 24 -- Periodic chest x-rays (CXRs) are not cost-effective in screening asymptomatic, otherwise low-risk patients who are tuberculin positive, according to research ...
The county is working with the school to notify any people potentially exposed to the disease from June 1 to Sept. 4 of this ...