Dec. 3, 2024 — An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium that causes the human disease tuberculosis. The ...

Trained study nurses collected a sputum sample for acid-fast bacilli smear microscopy (AFB) and mycobacterial culture, and performed urine LAM testing using Determine™ TB LAM in the clinic.

The tuberculosis vaccine, also known as the bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, is used to protect against tuberculosis (TB) and related complications. The BCG vaccine is no longer routinely given ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) ...

Background: Patients on anti-tuberculosis treatment may develop acute kidney injury (AKI), but little is known about the renal outcome and prognostic factors, especially in an aging population.

Indications for their use in clinical samples are now included in British tuberculosis guidelines. Methods: A retrospective audit of patients with suspected mycobacterial infection in a Liverpool ...

A complete physical examination was carried out on admission. Investigations included blood counts, CSF examination for cell count, differential count, protein, sugar, Gram stain, acid fast bacilli ...

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 ...

Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster ...

Rutgers Health research has uncovered why a relatively new antibiotic for tuberculosis (TB) works against multidrug-resistant ...

(Lakeville, MN) -- A confirmed case of active tuberculosis (TB) has been reported for an individual at Lakeville South High ...