Pulmonary tuberculosis or TB is a bacterial infection that mainly impacts the lungs and it is caused by Mycobacterium ...

A majority of those with tuberculosis had far advanced, active, cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis. Serum concentrations of isoniazid reach a peak at two or three hours after a test dose of 3 or 4 mg.

Uncommon stories of TB in India reveal gaps in diagnosis, treatment, and public awareness, hindering TB elimination efforts.

Read before the Section of Tuberculosis of the Massachusetts Medical Society at its Annual Meeting in Plymouth, June 17, 1930. Floyd — Chief Examiner, Division of Tuberculosis, Boston Health ...

Tuberculosis (TB), a disease which is both ... but does not prevent the establishment of latent TB or reactivation of pulmonary disease in adults. Being a viable organism, the activity of BCG ...

A systematic review reveals chronic pulmonary aspergillosis mortality is driven by age and underlying conditions, ...

BEIJING, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The incidence and mortality rates of tuberculosis (TB) in China have dropped 30 percent from the figures in 2012, according to a 2024-2030 national plan for TB prevention ...

Every two minutes one person dies of the disease in India, according to the WHO In 2018, India set for itself the lofty goal of eliminating pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 - five years ahead ...

Medically reviewed by Ronald Lubelchek, MD The tuberculosis vaccine, also known as the bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, ...

In 2023, tuberculosis likely reclaimed from COVID-19 its status of leading infectious cause of death, with an estimated 10·8 ...

The Delhi health department initiates a 100-day TB campaign aimed at awareness, early diagnosis, and community engagement to ...