India: A recent study conducted in a high-endemic region highlights the role of chest X-rays (CXR) in identifying ...

The most common sites of extrathoracic TB were peripheral lymphadenopathy ... were infiltrates (34%), lymphadenopathy (27%), cavitary lesions (26%), pleural effusions (19%) and miliary disease ...

A 40-year-old male presented to the emergency room with a three-month history of cough, fever, and weight loss. Twenty-four hours later, he also presented sudden hemoptysis. A chest X-ray revealed ...

Once it reaches the skin, TB can cause a variety of lesions, most often on the legs, hands, or face. In the United States, TB is often caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a near-perfect predator. In 1882, Robert Koch, the physician who discovered the microbe, told a room full of scientists that it caused one in seven of all deaths.

U.S.A.I.D. Global Health The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.

Xin Wang et al, Engineered Mycobacterium tuberculosis triple-kill-switch strain provides controlled tuberculosis infection in animal models, Nature Microbiology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01913-5 ...

The World Health Organization warned last week that the sweeping funding cuts could endanger millions of lives, since many countries depend on foreign aid for TB prevention, testing and treatment.

Candidate transmission survival genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2025; 122 (10) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2425981122 Cite This Page : ...

This large case series illustrates several features of adolescent TB. First, most patients were identified after presenting with symptoms. Second, the rates of extrathoracic TB were high ...

When a damaged area is visible on a scan, it is known as a lesion. Sometimes, people with MS remain in a stable condition, others experience symptoms that worsen rapidly, while some have symptoms ...