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This 90-minute webinar is the first of two webinars to highlight the NTCA/APHL Consensus Statement on the Use of Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay. The second webinar is GeneXpert: Examples From the Field.

This 90-minute webinar is the second of two webinars to highlight the NTCA/APHL Consensus Statement on the Use of Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay. The first webinar is Changing TB Isolation Practices: New Guidelines for Molecular Testing.

This 75-minute webinar provides information on how to put together results from conventional growth-based and molecular methods of TB drug susceptibility testing (including conflicting or contradictory results) to request further testing and/or design optimal treatment regimens for TB patients.

The 90-minute webinar was created for TB program workers interested in learning about new recommendations for TB screening, testing, and treatment of U.S. Health Care Personnel. The  webinar was a collaboration among the Curry International Tuberculosis Center, the County of San Diego Health & Human...

This 2 hour 30 minute webinar was co-hosted by the UCSF Center for Tuberculosis and the Curry International Tuberculosis Center. The event featured presentations from international leaders in TB research and policymaking. The webinar also presented UCSF research advances and upcoming programs. In...

This information sheet discusses the burden and challenges of TB in women. It states that TB is the second leading cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide.

This information sheet discusses the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for diagnosing TB. It explains that the new test is a nucleic acid amplification test that diagnoses TB in less than 2 hours and can also determine resistance to rifampin, one of the drugs used to treat TB. The information sheet describes how...

This monograph is a flip-book is intended as a tool to assist the TB patient education process with English-speaking TB patients and their family members. Sitting across from one and other, or side by side, black and white pages are to be viewed by the healthcare professional, while color pages are...

This pamphlet discusses the World Health Organization's Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis. It provides information about TB infection, explains the global plan, describes the success of the directly observed therapy short course (DOTS) treatment program, and the proposal of the global plan to expand...

WHO has published a global TB report every year since 1997. The main aim of the report is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease at global, regional and country levels. This report is updated...