Tuberculosis NewsNews on Tuberculosis continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Reader Should Take Drug his Doctor Prescribed for Latent TB- August 14, 2008 Question: I recently had a tuberculosis skin test for school, and it was positive.http://www.topix.net/health/tuberculosis/2008/08/reader-should-take-drug-his-doctor-prescr... Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis found in California- August 14, 2008 In the first statewide study of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the United States, California officials have identified 18 cases of the dangerous and difficult-to-treat disease between 1993 and 2006, ...http://www.topix.net/health/tuberculosis/2008/08/extensively-drug-resistant-tuberculosis-f... Three per cent of TB cases in Lisbon found to be extensively drug-resistant- August 13, 2008 Three per cent of TB cases diagnosed at one of Lisbon's major hospitals between 2003 and 2007 were extensively drug-resistant, and there was a strong correlation between HIV infection or hepatitis C infection ...http://www.topix.net/health/tuberculosis/2008/08/three-per-cent-of-tb-cases-in-lisbon-foun... Two anti-TB drug-combinations withdrawn- August 13, 2008 The Health Department has withdrawn two widely-dispensed tuberculosis drug combination batches after preliminary investigations revealed the drugs became unstable under long-term storage, ultimately placing ...http://www.topix.net/health/tuberculosis/2008/08/two-anti-tb-drug-combinations-withdrawn?f... TB drugs' stability investigated- August 12, 2008 A probe has been launched into the stability of two drugs received from a supplier for the management of tuberculosis , Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Monday.http://www.topix.net/health/tuberculosis/2008/08/tb-drugs-stability-investigated?fromrss=1 Certain HIV Treatment Less Effective When Used With Anti-TB Therapy- August 11, 2008 Co-administration of ART and anti-tubercular therapy may be complicated by shared toxicity or adverse drug interactions, according to background information in the article.http://www.topix.net/health/tuberculosis/2008/08/certain-hiv-treatment-less-effective-when... Fighting Mycobacterium tuberculosis- August 9, 2008 Easir Abedin Mycobacteria are Gram-positive , non-motile, pleomorphic rods, related to the Actinomyces.http://www.topix.net/health/tuberculosis/2008/08/fighting-mycobacterium-tuberculosis?fromr... Hard-to-Treat TB Cured with Aggressive Therapy- August 7, 2008 Even in poor countries, tuberculosis resistant to numerous drugs -- known as extensively drug-resistant TB or XDR-TB -- can be cured with aggressive treatment, according to a report in The New England Journal ...http://www.topix.net/health/tuberculosis/2008/08/hard-to-treat-tb-cured-with-aggressive-th... Treatment Outcomes Highlight Dangers Of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis- August 7, 2008 In a retrospective study of 174 tuberculosis patients treated at National Jewish Health , patients with extensively-drug-resistant tuberculosis were almost eight times as likely to die as patients with ...http://www.topix.net/health/tuberculosis/2008/08/treatment-outcomes-highlight-dangers-of-e... Peruvian doctors showcase high cure rate for drug-resistant TB- August 6, 2008 More than 60 per cent of patients diagnosed with a type of tuberculosis that is very difficult to treat were cured with aggressive drug treatment, a study from Peru suggests.http://www.topix.net/health/tuberculosis/2008/08/peruvian-doctors-showcase-high-cure-rate-... |