Diagnostics

Inaccurate blood tests for active tuberculosis

A 12 month of rigorous analysis by WHO reveals that a blood test for diagnosing active TB disease is a bad practice. The inaccurate test can result in some people unknowing transmitting the disease to others or even death from untreated tuberculosis while other people can undergo unnecessary treatment.
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 http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/releases/2011/tb_...

World Health Organization