Despite an outbreak of the disease happening in the Kansas City area right now, Saline County officials say that tuberculosis rates ... However, without treatment, it could become active in ...

Introduction Globally, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading infectious causes of death, with 1.3 million deaths.

A landmark review in Molecular Biomedicine outlines cutting-edge strategies to combat tuberculosis (TB), highlighting novel ...

In part 2 of this interview, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, highlights the need for prolonged antibiotics and strong public health measures to combat tuberculosis (TB) at both the individual and population ...

Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can stay in the air for prolonged periods of time and are more likely to spread ...

How do you treat tuberculosis (TB)? How is TB transmitted ... some experts are concerned that, given the level of virus circulating, re-assortment could be happening more frequently, and it could ...

lstmed.ac.uk Background Post-tuberculosis lung ... of illness prior to TB treatment initiation was 8.7 weeks (IQR: 4.0 to 13.0). Socioeconomic deprivation was common: 38.0% (154/405) were educated to ...

Understanding Tuberculosis • Latent TB:The bacteria are present but inactive, meaning there are no symptoms and it cannot be spread to others. Without treatment, however, it could become active.

Rationale Pulmonary tuberculosis ... TB-treatment completion and 3-year follow-up using McNemar’s and Wilcoxon Sign Rank test. Data were analysed using Stata V.14.2 statistical software and R V.3.4.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a global health problem that hinders ... The turnaround time should be as short as possible to quickly prescribe the adapted treatment to the patients. As DR-TB is ...

Background: Implementation studies indicate that the addition of tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment services into the community ... Inequalities in tuberculosis control in Ethiopia: A district-level ...