Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two phase 3 trials showed levofloxacin reduces the risk for multidrug-resistant TB after household exposure.

Amid debate on the effectiveness of the tuberculosis vaccine, a new study suggests that the vaccine is protective against TB in children under 5, but adolescents and adults in high-burden countries ...

The Clinical Practice Guidelines are the latest from the American Thoracic Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, European Respiratory Society and Infectious Diseases Society of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tuberculosis incidence among people aged 50 years or older in the United States is high but declining rapidly ...

Tuberculosis is a disease that primarily affects the lungs, notoriously causing patients to cough up blood. In 2023, tuberculosis surpassed COVID to become the world’s deadliest infectious disease.

Shorter duration, fully oral treatment regimens for tuberculosis (TB) are now recommended for most adults and children. Updated joint guidelines from the American Thoracic Society, the CDC, European ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults treated for an inactive tuberculosis infection may be at increased risk of suffering liver damage from the medication, a study published Monday suggests.

Epidemiology and Infection, Vol. 146, No. 8 (June 2018), pp. 946-953 (8 pages) The burden of tuberculosis (TB) among adolescents and young adults in endemic settings is poorly characterised. This ...

Amid debate on the effectiveness of the tuberculosis vaccine, a new study suggests that the vaccine is protective against TB in children under 5, but adolescents and adults in high-burden countries ...