Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious infection usually affecting the lungs, caused by the pathogenic bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is a well-known and stigmatised major public health ...

The routine use of steroids to treat tuberculosis may help reduce deaths from all types of the disease, according to a new review of existing research. The routine use of steroids to treat ...

Infants who received BCG [bacille Calmette-Guérin] vaccination at birth had protection against tuberculosis into early childhood, but that protection largely disappeared in only a few years, according ...

People in South Africa are suffering from the deadliest type of tuberculosis (TB), and researchers say treatment failure is not to blame. XDR-TB is a rare but extremely fatal type of tuberculosis that ...

MDR-TB stems from drug underuse, not overuse, setting it apart from common antimicrobial resistance Adverse reactions and inadequate prescriptions contribute to the development of multidrug-resistant ...