Explore the complete guide to tuberculosis, from bacterial causes and early warning signs to modern treatment approaches and ...

Drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis arises from the man-made selection of mutants that result from spontaneous chromosomal alterations. Preventing the development of drug-resistant TB ...

People with active TB usually develop a bad cough and chest pain. They may cough up blood and mucus and have difficulty breathing. Left untreated, the bacterial infection can damage the lungs and ...

TB is a bacterial infection that begins by eating away at the lungs, destroying tissue. It is at this stage, when the infection is most active, that it is at its most infectious. When someone with ...

A pioneering study presented today at ESCMID Global 2025 has demonstrated that an AI-powered lung ultrasound outperforms human experts by 9% in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The ULTR-AI ...

bovis) and human TB by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). The difference in lung pathology between bovine and human TB is not fully understood. In this study, the histopathological lung ...

bovis) and human TB by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). The difference in lung pathology between bovine and human TB is not fully understood. In this study, the histopathological lung ...

Miliary lesions, characterized by uncountable discrete pulmonary micronodules, generally tiny and uniform in size (≤5 mm) and diffusely distributed throughout the lungs, can represent a wide variety ...

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health concern, and its control is particularly hindered in patients with ...

He is a board-certified pulmonologist and intensivist, and his main clinical interests are pulmonary hypertension and sarcoid and occupational lung diseases. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago ...

An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, Johns Hopkins ...