tuberculosis (TB)

Indian mother and child
February 11, 2016

Slight chemical change may improve TB treatments: study

One small chemical change to an existing antibacterial drug results in a compound that is more effective against its target enzyme in tuberculosis, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 12, 2013

Routine TB testing to resume Dec. 16

Routine tuberculosis (TB) skin testing for Vanderbilt staff and faculty will resume Monday, Dec. 16, after temporarily being suspended since September due to a national shortage of the TB skin testing solution Tubersol.

By Wayne Wood
October 30, 2013

Preserving antibiotic arsenal for TB

Clinicians should be cautious about prescribing newer fluoroquinolone antibiotics to patients with TB risk factors; doing so may jeopardize the use of these agents against TB.

By Leigh MacMillan
August 29, 2013

Shortage forces suspension of routine tuberculosis testing

Due to a national shortage of the tuberculosis (TB) test solution Tubersol, Occupational Health will temporarily suspend routine annual skin tests, effective Sept. 1, said Patricia Kinman, MSN, FNP-BC, manager of the Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic

By VUMC News and Communications
May 30, 2013

Study lays groundwork for rational T cell vaccine design

Vanderbilt University investigators have developed a new strategy for identifying the “bits” of a pathogen that spark a protective immune response.

By Leigh MacMillan
May 9, 2013

TB skin testing resumes for VU faculty, staff

Routine TB skin testing, offered through Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Occupational Health Clinic, has resumed, effective immediately.

By Nancy Humphrey
April 11, 2013

National shortage forces hiatus in routine TB testing

Due to an unprecedented national shortage of the tuberculosis (TB) skin testing solution Tubersol, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has temporarily paused routine skin testing of health care workers.
By Jessica Pasley
March 14, 2013

New center to focus on treating, preventing TB

Vanderbilt University has established a tuberculosis center to expand and extend efforts to improve the treatment and prevention of this often fatal disease here and around the world.
By Bill Snyder
August 2, 2012

Early HIV treatment also can prevent TB: study

Anti-retroviral therapy can prevent tuberculosis, even in people with early HIV disease.
By Bill Snyder
March 11, 2011

Elephants can transmit TB to humans

Elephants can transmit TB to humans, researchers at the CDC, Tennessee Department of Health and Vanderbilt University have reported.
By Craig Boerner