TB can be cured, but ridding the body of the bug often takes many months and usually requires taking four or more medicines.

Some patients with highly drug-resistant tuberculosis could benefit from a shorter treatment with fewer drugs, while others ...

A new article published in Nature offers a promising path toward a shorter, more effective treatment for tuberculosis (TB), a bacterial disease that affects millions worldwide.

For miliary tuberculosis, blood, bone marrow and bronchoalveolar lavage studies (culture and PCR) are required and for the tuberculosis of extrapulmonary organs, tissue samples should be obtained.

The patient was diagnosed with miliary tuberculosis and improved on quadruple therapy. Though rates of tuberculosis are increasing, rates remain low in children, though special consideration should be ...

Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection usually found in the lungs, remains the world’s top infectious killer, causing 1.25 million deaths worldwide in 2023, according to the World Health ...

8-year-old Asma, a TB patient who nears completion of her treatment, receives consultation at the ... More Government General Hospital Samanabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Despite being preventable ...

Discussion The themes identified in this interpretive review were intricately linked and likely to have a combined effect on patient adherence to TB treatment. Secondary interpretations (by ...

Conclusion: Miliary tuberculosis is more common in cases of pregnancies related to IVF. It should be taken into consideration as a possible risk for infertility in the presence of nonspecific symptoms ...

However, patient isolation can negatively impact clinical workflows, access to care, and hospital capacity, highlighting the critical importance of safe and efficient deisolation protocols. System ...

Tuberculosis strains resistant to new drugs are transmitted between patients Date: January 6, 2025 Source: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Summary: Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's ...