State-of-the-Art Diagnostics for Tuberculosis

The worldwide increase in tuberculosis is indicative of our failure to use modern medical advances to control an ancient enemy. The problems confronting us, now is due to decades of neglect partly fostered by the misconception that we had drugs to control the disease. HIV and tuberculosis have an unholy alliance that further compounds the diagnostic dilemmas. Today, newer rapid laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis are becoming a vital aspect of management.