IN THE course of mass chest x-ray surveys for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis, single, circumscribed densities are found that offer difficult problems in diagnosis and management.

Working toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of mycobacteria with "kill switches" that can be triggered to stop the ...

A live-attenuated tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate in development at ... the vaccine is likely to work in humans," Dr.

Tuberculosis is the leading cause of mortality from a single infectious agent: the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This bacterium primarily affects the lungs and spreads through airborne ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), with its hosts is complex, and there are many unanswered questions about the infection, including why it can linger in the body for months or years. Now, in a study ...

Tuberculosis remains one of the most lethal infectious diseases caused by a single pathogen. According to the latest global ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by strains of bacteria known as mycobacteria. The disease most commonly affects the lungs and can be fatal if not treated. However, most infected ...