Better And Faster: Distinguishing Non-TB Pulmonary Disease From ...

Courtesy ScienceDaily Fri, 04/04/2008 - 04:00

A diagnostic kit shows new promise for distinguishing between tuberculosis and its infections from disease caused by related mycobacteria family, which mimic TB and other lung disease in symptoms but require distinctly different clinical treatments.

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