Children, Adults With Tuberculosis Have Same Risk of Resistance in Most Countries
In most settings, children and adults are at equal risk of developing multidrug resistant (MDR) or rifampicin resistant (RR) tuberculosis ...
Higher Risk of Active Tuberculosis Infection in Children Living With Infected Adults
Among a cohort of children living in contact with sputum smear-positive adult tuberculosis (TB) patients on Directly Observed Treatment Short ...
WHO declares updates to forthcoming guidance on systematic screening for TB
In a Rapid Communication issued today, the World Health Organization (WHO) is announcing a number of updates to its ...
Nitric Oxide, BCG, and COVID-19’s Weakness
While our attention is focused on the re-purposing of approved drugs to treat COVID-19 and to develop a durable vaccine ...
New rapid molecular test for TB can simultaneously detect resistance to first- and second-line drugs
-- Xpert® MTB/XDR cartridge enables expanded drug-resistance profiling in less than 90 minutes-- Used to empower clinicians to quickly prescribe ...
COVID-19 pandemic could increase the global burden of tuberculosis
Before COVID-19, over 4,000 people were dying from TB every day. In countries where health services are strained, there is ...
Boosting host immune defenses to treat tuberculosis
Current treatment regimens for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, are long, complex, and hard for people to ...
How an AI solution can design new tuberculosis drug regimens
With a shortage of new tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline, a software tool from the University of Michigan can predict ...
Study shows non-TB lung infections rising; more in women and older people
Nontuberculous mycobacteria Mycobacteria are best known for the strains causing leprosy and tuberculosis. However, there are other mycobacteria that do ...
Blood test could detect lung transplant rejection early
Chronic transplant rejection can be deadly, and recognising it as early as possible is key to achieving the best possible ...
How a new tuberculosis drug could stop one of the world’s deadliest diseases
Global disease: a doctor treats a TB prisoner in Jakarta, Indonesia ( EPA ) Tuberculosis struck 10 million people worldwide ...
Tuberculosis: New insights into the pathogen
Tuberculosis is a highly contagious infectious disease that is typically spread through aerosols and mainly affects the lungs. According to ...