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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with COPD in South Korea, with an intermediate tuberculosis burden, history of pulmonary TB was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Previous tuberculosis in Gambian children was significantly associated with impaired lung function and ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Gross anatomy reveals three-dimensional shapes of pathology at a large scale. Histology, in contrast, reveals the microscopic anatomy of biological structures. But that ...

Researchers used 6MWD to assess the association between physical function and the effectiveness of ART and anti-tubercular therapy in patients with HIV/TB co-infection. In patients with TB/HIV, higher ...

Every year, 10 million people contract tuberculosis (TB), a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and approximately 1.5 million patients succumb to the disease. Treatment ...

Researchers in the U.S. and U.K. have developed what they say is a more accurate way to scan for tuberculosis (TB) using positron emission tomography (PET) to detect the causative Mycobacterium ...

An outbreak of the lung disease, which has been traced to an unnamed hotel, has left 1 dead and 9 hospitalized Getty The city of Long Beach, Calif., has declared a public health emergency following a ...

There are more than three million people alive in South Africa who have been cured of TB. But even after being cured, many continue to suffer the long-term after-effects of the disease. To find out ...

Tuberculosis is both curable and preventable, yet each year, it still kills more people than any other infectious disease.

Tuberculosis (TB) most commonly affects the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body such as the kidneys, spine, and brain. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) TB or not TB. Since the ...