Extensive drug resistance in TB is not a new phenomenon. It is created when patients with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) are treated with second-line anti-TB drugs but fail to be cured. The first ...

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Researchers have succeeded in identifying and synthesizing a group of molecules that can act against the cause of tuberculosis in a new way. They describe that the so-called callyaerins act against ...

The mobile intervention, based on the Integrated Theory of Health Behavior Change, significantly improved self-management behaviors among patients with tuberculosis (TB). A self-management mobile ...

KARACHI, March 21: Healthcare providers need to be urgently educated about proper tuberculosis management particularly regarding mild to severe side effects of anti-TB drugs. This was discussed in a ...

The case report from Bishara et al. 1 of active TB occurring in four members of a family recently migrated from Ethiopia to Israel provides an excellent basis for considering how primary care can ...

There would be no risk of XDR-TB infection in health workers and care givers if XDR-TB were not created by inadequate TB treatment. Therefore, the first principle in managing the risk of XDR-TB is 'do ...

Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have together succeeded in identifying and synthesising a group of molecules that can act against ...