In the 1980s, after decades of steadily declining rates of tuberculosis, ambitious plans were made to eliminate the disease in the United States. Despite these plans, the control of tuberculosis was ...

Global efforts to tackle tuberculosis (TB) are starting to bear fruit, with the number of cases decreasing for the first time ...

The World Health Organization recommends drug-susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex for all patients with tuberculosis to guide treatment decisions and improve outcomes. Whether ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Infection, researchers performed a systematic literature review of global treatment outcomes of extensively drug-resistant Tuberculosis. The study found ...

Skin tuberculosis is just one of the ways that this bacterial infection can affect your body. While less contagious than some types of tuberculosis, it can still be spread from person to person. Skin ...