‘Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single ‘Goldilocks’ gene, says an international research team from Oxford University, King’s College London, Vietnam and the USA. This is one of the fi…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has ongoing programs to improve and monitor tuberculosis (TB). The WHO’s 2011 report on global TB control provides the most comprehensive information ever collected on the problems and issues of disease, as well as d…
Southwestern Medical Center study using a sophisticated “glass mouse” research model has found that multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is more likely caused in patients by speedy drug metabolism rather than inconsistent doses, as is widely believed….
A UT Southwestern Medical Center study using a sophisticated “glass mouse” research model has found that multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is more likely caused in patients by speedy drug metabolism rather than inconsistent doses, as is widely beli…
In the Christmas issue published on bmj.com today, Professor Sir Malcolm Green explains: “a review of a historical study from 1848 reveals that cod liver oil was an effective treatment for tuberculosis.” 1,077 individuals with consumption (tuberculosi…
A new study led by Harvard School of Public (HSPH) researchers provides a novel explanation as to why some tuberculosis cells are inherently more difficult to treat with antibiotics. The discovery, which showed that the ways mycobacteria cells divide a…
Working with guinea pigs, tuberculosis experts at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have closely mimicked how active but untreated cases of the underlying lung infection lead to permanent eye damage and blindness in people. Lead study investigator and Johns …
An investigation led by Timothy Sterling, M.D., professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has resulted in a vital alteration in CDC recommendations in the plan of prevention for tuberculosis (TB). The study was published December 8…
The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is significantly increased in mothers postpartum, suggesting a potential new population to target for screening, according to a new UK-wide cohort study. In the joint study between the Health Protection Agen…
In populations with a low prevalence of tuberculosis (TB), the majority of positives with the three tests commercially available in the U.S for the diagnosis of TB are false positives, according to a new study. “We compared commercially available tests…
