In low-income countries, the dominant diagnostic method is sputum microscopy, an outdated approach that fails to detect TB in about half of all infected patients, with an even lower success rate for young children and patients co-infected with HIV.
E un’assistenza corretta richiede lo sviluppo e la diffusione veloce di nuovi strumenti, compresi test diagnostici rapidi, farmaci sicuri ed ad azione immediata, e un vaccino efficace contro la TBC. 