Medicare Part B may cover the costs of a purified protein derivative (PPD) test if your healthcare professional deems it necessary to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) due to existing symptoms. A PPD test ...
Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...
A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports says that for the first time a vaccine has been created against bovine tuberculosis that can be given without affecting the ability to diagnose ...
Will a positive purified protein derivative (PPD) test return to normal, i.e., become nonreactive, after isoniazid treatment? —Maj. James R. Northern Sr, DO, Mexico, Mo. In an immunocompetent patient, ...