Dexamethasone No Benefit in HIV-Positive With Tuberculous Meningitis
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For HIV-positive adults with tuberculous meningitis, adjunctive dexamethasone does not confer a benefit with respect to survival, according to a study published in the Oct. 12 issue of the New England Journa…
Learn MoreUSPSTF Recommends Screening At-Risk Persons for Latent TB Infection
TUESDAY, May 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening people at increased risk for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). This recommendation forms a final recommendation statement published in t…
Learn MoreMortality High for Patients With Concurrent TB, COVID-19
FRIDAY, April 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with concurrent tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 have a high risk for death, according to a study published online April 26 in PLOS Global Public Health.Alice V. Easton, Ph.D., from the New York City D…
Learn MoreLa IA podría igualar al personal entrenado para detectar la TB en las radiografías de tórax
MARTES, 18 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La inteligencia artificial (IA) podría ayudar a los profesionales clínicos a diagnosticar la tuberculosis (TB) en partes del mundo donde los radiólogos escasean, sugiere un nuevo estudio.El software de I…
Learn MoreLos casos de tuberculosis aumentaron en EE. UU. en 2022, según los CDC
JUEVES, 23 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los casos de tuberculosis (TB) aumentaron de nuevo en 2022, anunciaron el jueves las autoridades de salud de EE. UU.Aun así, el aumento de un 5 por ciento, que equivalió a 8,300 casos, no alcanzó a los n…
Learn MoreIncidence of Tuberculosis Up to 2.5 Cases Per 100,000 in U.S. in 2022
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) was 2.5 per 100,000 in the United States in 2022, marking an increase since the low of 2.2 cases per 100,000 coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to r…
Learn MoreU.S. Tuberculosis Cases Rose in 2022: CDC
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Tuberculosis cases climbed again in 2022, U.S. health officials announced Thursday.Still, the 5% increase, which amounted to 8,300 cases, didn’t reach higher pre-pandemic numbers, according to the U.S. Cent…
Learn MoreEight-Week Bedaquiline-Linezolid Noninferior for TB
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A strategy of eight weeks of bedaquiline-linezolid is noninferior to a standard regimen for tuberculosis, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with …
Learn MoreTroubling Signs TB Is Gaining Resistance Against Combo Antibiotics
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New drugs may be needed to fight the deadliest form of tuberculosis, because it may no longer respond to current treatments.An animal study by Johns Hopkins University researchers found that an approved antibi…
Learn MoreUSPSTF Recommends Screening for Latent TB Infection
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in populations at increased risk. This recommendation forms the basis of a draft recommendation s…
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