TB can be cured, but ridding the body of the bug often takes many months and usually requires taking four or more different medicines. In this Spotlight special briefing, we zoom in on what makes the ...

One of the major challenges in tuberculosis (TB) management is to identify the different stages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Although a quarter of the global population is estimated ...

The drugs, sutezolid and delpazolid, have demonstrated strong antimicrobial activity and a notably better safety profile ...

A study from San Francisco 9 showed that at least 17% of TB cases were the result of transmission from smear negative cases with TB. However, this study was limited because the index cases with ...

The drugs, sutezolid and delpazolid, have demonstrated strong antimicrobial activity and a notably better safety profile compared to linezolid, with potential to replace this current cornerstone in ...

Since AlereLAM has demonstrated survival benefit, FujiLAM might potentially further reduce tuberculosis-related mortality in people with HIV. These findings will inform a WHO policy review for ...

Patients diagnosed as having TB after initiation of inhaled medication were included as cases. For each case individual, up to five control individuals matched for age, sex, diagnosis of asthma or ...

To compare the diagnostic accuracy of Xpert Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis and detection of rifampicin resistance in adults with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis ...

Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and determinants of post-tuberculosis chronic respiratory signs, as well as the clinical impact of a low forced expiratory flow between 25 ...

Because the tuberculosis is increasingly threatening the health and life of patients, this paper does the research on classification of pulmonary tuberculosis based on CT images. We proposed a new ...

TB is primarily caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, and is mainly transmitted through aerosols by individuals with active pulmonary disease ...