New technology to detect resistant TB bacteria developed
― Scientists have developed a new technique to detect tuberculosis bacteria which survive the treatment, paving the way for effectively treating TB bacilli resistant to antibodies. ∙ Researchers from the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine have created a simple technique of Fluorescein diacetate staining, which only stains living tuberculosis bacilli (and not dead ones) which can immediately tell if resistant bacilli survived after treatment. ∙ Read more ยป .
