TB is a curable disease. However, the diagnosis of TB has been suboptimal because of the dependence on sputum smear microscopy. Sputum smear microscopy has a sensitivity of 50 per cent and a very ...

Mylab's PathoDetectTM MTB RIF and INH resistance detection kit is now integrated into India's National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) Ni-kshay portal, offering manual-intervention free testing ...

U.T. honoured for TB control success It has achieved a 40%-59% reduction in incidence from the 2015 baseline Updated - April 05, 2022 06:38 pm IST - PUDUCHERRY Special Correspondent READ LATER ...

The Central government may soon restrict the distribution of new anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs bedaquiline, delamanid, pretomanid and rifapentine in the open market, allowing conditional access through ...

Guidelines adopted by India’s National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) in 2018, in line with World Health Organisation recommendations, prescribe delamanid as a potential life-saving alternative oral ...