Rutgers Health research has uncovered why a relatively new antibiotic for tuberculosis (TB) works against multidrug-resistant strains, potentially inspiring improved treatments and drug development ...

Forms of tuberculosis are emerging that are costly, difficult and at times, nearly impossible to treat. This new, worldwide threat is called multidrug-resistant TB, and it occurs when the bacteria no ...

African scientists have developed a nanoscale drug delivery system to treat pericarditis, a drug-resistant and lethal tuberculosis (TB). The scientists' system can breach the heart's protective ...

Drug-resistant forms of the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis infections are difficult to identify, hard and expensive to treat, and represent a major global threat to public health. However, ...

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For 2007, the WHO estimated 511,000 cases of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB, representing approximately 5% of all TB cases worldwide. Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) strains have been detected in at ...

India, April 30 -- "Hello! I'm Deepti Chavan and I am an MDR-TB survivor. I know how it feels to hear the words ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, affecting more than 10 million people each year and caused and estimated 1.25 million deaths in 2023. 1,2 While ...

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A new study uncovers vulnerabilities in drug-resistant TB, offering hope for improved treatments. Rutgers Health research has uncovered why a relatively new antibiotic for tuberculosis (TB) works ...