Following inhalation of airborne droplets containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the ingestion of Mtb by alveolar macrophages triggers an inflammatory cascade, generating protective immunity and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection of the lungs. Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a potential complication of TB in which the bacteria that cause TB infect the brain and spinal cord. TBM causes ...

Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, new diagnoses of tuberculosis dropped like a stone in the United States. Data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest the pandemic ...

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A review update has been released to evaluate the effects of corticosteroids being used alongside anti-tuberculosis medication to treat people suffering from tuberculous meningitis Tuberculous ...

Findings from a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study in animal models show that a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved antibiotic regimen for multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) ...

Tuberculosis meningitis (TBM) is a severe infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that spreads to the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Without prompt treatment, it can lead to ...

In an HIV-positive population, the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay detected tuberculous meningitis with higher sensitivity than the older Xpert assay and a mycobacterial growth indicator tube culture, ...

New drugs may be needed to fight the deadliest form of tuberculosis, because it may no longer respond to current treatments. An animal study by Johns Hopkins University researchers found that an ...

tuberculosis The 2016 Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis Guidelines have been released as an update to the previous tuberculosis (TB) guidelines published in 2003. The 2016 Treatment of ...

Findings in animal models show that a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved antibiotic regimen for multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) may not work for TB meningitis. Findings from ...