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Study Suggests Experimental Cancer Drug Could Streamline Standard Tuberculosis Treatment and Prevent Post-TB Lung Disease
In a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study, the addition of navitoclax to the standard TB treatment significantly increased ...
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Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Using the Xpert® MTB/RIF Assay
The Xpert® MTB/RIF assay has been CE-marked for rapid molecular diagnosis of TB in Europe and has been endorsed by the WHO as a replacement for sputum smear microscopy for diagnosis of pulmonary ...
AI-guided lung ultrasound marks an advance in tuberculosis diagnosis
A study presented at ESCMID Global 2025 has demonstrated that an AI-powered lung ultrasound outperforms human experts by 9% ...
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AI-guided point-of-care lung ultrasound system effectively diagnoses TB
A point-of-care lung ultrasound system connected to a smartphone combined with a suite of deep learning models outperformed ...
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A Case Report of a Tongue Ulcer Presented as the First Sign of Occult Tuberculosis
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infectious disease with considerable fatality, typically affecting the pulmonary system and, rarely, other body organs including the oral cavity.
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Understanding symptoms, risks, treatment and prevention of TB
Pulmonary tuberculosis or TB is a bacterial infection that mainly impacts the lungs and it is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacteria that spreads through the air when an infected person ...
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AI-powered lung ultrasound outperforms human experts in diagnosing tuberculosis
A pioneering study presented today at ESCMID Global 2025 has demonstrated that an AI-powered lung ultrasound outperforms human experts by 9% in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).