Study confirms analysis can change the rules of the game

The second most contagious disease after “Corona” .. a new test for diagnosing tuberculosis

The new analysis could help doctors quickly intervene to treat tuberculosis.

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A research team in the United States has developed a new blood analysis in order to detect tuberculosis infection, and to follow the progression of the disease during treatment.

The new analysis is based on the discovery of parts of the DNA of tuberculosis-causing bacteria in the bloodstream, which helps to discover the disease and follow the patient's response to treatment, according to the study reported by the scientific journal "The Lancet Microbe".

The World Health Organization indicates that tuberculosis is the second most deadly infectious disease in the world after the emerging corona virus, and in 2020, tuberculosis transmitted to about 10 million people and caused the death of 1.5 million people.

Most of the tests used to detect tuberculosis depend on the analysis of mucus in the lung, but sometimes it is not possible to withdraw a sample of mucus from patients who are suspected of having tuberculosis;

Especially if they are children, and sometimes it is difficult to diagnose tuberculosis in AIDS patients who suffer from weak immunity, as tuberculosis infection is transmitted from the lung to other parts of the body.

And the website "Medical Express", which specializes in medical sciences, quoted researcher Tony Ho from Tulane University in Louisiana, USA, as saying that all these factors may lead to false results on tuberculosis tests.

Hu stressed that the new analysis can "change the rules of the game" for diagnosing tuberculosis, as it not only gives more accurate results, but also helps predict the possibilities of the disease's development in the future.

He added that the new analysis "can help doctors to quickly intervene to treat tuberculosis, and reduce the risk of death, especially for children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS."

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