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New test can diagnose tuberculosis in just hours

September 2, 2010

Reuters Health eLine

LONDON (Reuters) - A new molecular test for tuberculosis made by Cepheid can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly than other tests currently available, ...

Patient Friendly Research To Fight Tuberculosis (TB)

September 2, 2010

NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories

We need new tools to fight TB. With the currently available over-40-yrs old diagnostic tools, just 61% of TB cases get diagnosed globally AND close to 40% of the cases go undetected...

New Test Can Diagnose Tuberculosis In Under 2 Hours

September 2, 2010

Health - The Post Chronicle

A new molecular test for tuberculosis made by Cepheid can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly than other tests currently available....

New tuberculosis test faster, more accurate

September 2, 2010

TulsaWorld.com - Health / MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press

Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal within two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and whether it's resistant to the ...

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Two-Hour Test For TB Reported To Be Clinically Effective

September 2, 2010

Health News from Medical News Today

Research assessing the effectiveness of a new diagnostic test for the detection of tuberculosis (TB) is featured in the Sept. 1 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

New tuberculosis test may revolutionize patient care

September 2, 2010

detnews.com - Autos Insider / Marilynn Marchione Associated Press

Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the ...

New test seen as a big advance in diagnosing tuberculosis

September 1, 2010

Kansas City Star: Nation

Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the ...

New test can diagnose tuberculosis in under 2 hours

September 1, 2010

Reuters: U.S.

LONDON (Reuters) - A new molecular test for tuberculosis made by Cepheid can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly than other tests currently available, ...

TB patients sent home

August 31, 2010

South Africa News latest RSS headlines - Johannesburg News.Net

Cape Town - Patients from three Eastern Cape tuberculosis (TB) hospitals have been sent home because of the effects of the public service strike, the province's health department said on Tuesday.

New genomic marker for tuberculosis may help identify patients who will develop the disease

August 31, 2010

ScienceDaily: Latest Science News

It may soon be possible to identify patients who will develop tuberculosis, as scientists have identified changes in the blood specific to the disease.

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