A TB blood test is an essential tool for screening for the presence of TB bacteria in a person’s body. However, doctors need to run further tests to determine if a person has latent or active TB.

A blood test can diagnose a tuberculosis (TB) infection, which is important if you are in an at-risk group or have come into contact with the bacteria. Early detection through testing is essential ...

Because tuberculosis (TB) symptoms can be similar to those of other conditions, it may take time to confirm that you have TB. Blood tests, a tuberculin skin test, and imaging tests can help in ...

A new blood test will allow doctors more accurately to pinpoint patients likely to develop the symptoms of tuberculosis, researchers said on Monday. Oct. 20, 2008, 8:36 PM EDT / Source : Reuters ...

New TB Blood Test Shows Promise. April 4, 2003 / 1:40 PM EST / AP ... However, experts said there was a long way to go before the blood test could be adopted routinely. ...

Current tuberculosis infection tests struggle to detect the disease in those with HIV. A common co-infection, HIV can hide TB ...

Blood testing kits used to detect active tuberculosis are unreliable and should be banned, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday. The tuberculosis tests, widely used in developing ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on Wednesday for an immediate halt to the use of blood tests to detect active tuberculosis, saying they were faulty and leave millions of people at risk ...

Even patients with pulmonary tuberculosis should wait for a minimum of three months after starting effective antitubercular medicines in order to donate blood. Read more on how to prevent TB .

GENEVA — Widely used blood tests to detect tuberculosis are “dangerous” to patients because they are unreliable and can produce wrong results, the World Health Organization warned Sunday.

Texas has one of the highest rates of TB among U.S. states. A sweeping effort is underway, largely funded by Medicaid, to diagnose and treat people who don't know they harbor the lung infection.