Untreated active disease in TB can be lethal and lead to spread in the community. In pulmonary fibrosis, early diagnosis permits early treatment with options that can halt disease progression and ...

Puducherry’s ten medical colleges are emerging as the driving force behind the Union Territory’s TB elimination fight, contributing to more than 50 per cent of TB notifications and participating in ...

Two of the diseases that can have a serious impact on lung function are Tuberculosis (TB) and Pulmonary Fibrosis. While both result in respiratory symptoms and lung injury, they are radically ...

Two international clinical studies led by PD Dr Norbert Heinrich at the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at LMU University Hospital Munich with international partners have shown ...

In the final analysis, 13 participants in the vaccine group developed active pulmonary TB compared to 26 participants in the placebo group.

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A highly anticipated phase 3 trial of a new tuberculosis vaccine developed by GSK has started in Africa, funded by the Gates MRI and Wellcome.

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

Why is improving screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in children important? Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Most children who die from tuberculosis are never diagnosed ...

Failure to vaccinate newborns with the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine puts them at serious risk of developing ...