A TB blood test can find out whether you have the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria in your body. Whether you need to get tested and how often depends on your specific circumstances. A blood ...

Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) strains have been detected in at ... have the advantage of detailed protocols and prepared test kits, but are more expensive. In-house techniques are cheaper ...

Current guidelines for suspected TB recommend testing sputum samples for mycobacterial culture and acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear, with airborne infection isolation (AII) implemented. Nevertheless ...

Here is another substantial technology contribution from Carl Zeiss to the battle against infectious diseases: Primo Star iLED, the new tuberculosis test microscope. Primo Star iLED is the ...