Recent news
September 2010
New test provides accurate and fast detection of TB and drug resistance, study finds
September 3, 2010 -- A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a new molecular tuberculosis (TB) test provides highly sensitive detection of the disease and drug resistance in low-resource settings more easily and quickly than current, widely used diagnostics. The study, conducted by the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), showed that the test identified 98 percent of all culture-confirmed TB cases. It also found that the test accurately detected resistance to the TB drug rifampicin in more than 97 percent of patients, providing results in less than two hours. See the links below for more details.
