Given the severity of the issue, ASEAN's regional action plan, established in 2018, to eliminate tuberculosis by 2035, is ...

County Confirms Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis Case at Lane Middle School Health officials say the risk to the broader community is not high, even though the person may have been contagious for ...

Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium Tuberculosis that primarily affects the lungs, though it can also impact other parts of the body, ...

In a large-scale, longitudinal study published in ERJ Open Research, researchers have found that individuals with rheumatoid ...

Tuberculosis primarily affects the lungs (pulmonary TB), but can invade other body systems (extrapulmonary TB), including the kidneys, spine, brain, and lymph nodes. The symptoms vary depending on ...

Both are capable of affecting the lungs and sharing similar symptoms such as cough and shortness of breath but knowing their ...

Tuberculosis is primarily transmitted through the air when people with active pulmonary or laryngeal TB cough, speak, sing, sneeze, or otherwise expel tiny droplets containing Mycobacterium ...

Mitchell, R. S., and Knudsen, J. R. Results of treatment of active minimal pulmonary tuberculosis with "modified" bed rest. Statistical analysis of 289 patients followed for 7 years after ...

Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium Tuberculosis that primarily affects the lungs, though it can also impact other parts of the body, ...

A person with active pulmonary TB can release infectious aerosols containing bacteria, that can stay airborne for hours in poorly ventilated spaces, increasing the risk of inhalation by others.

"In this study, we showed that a differentiation between active pulmonary tuberculosis and LTBI is possible by the ELISpot test," said principal investigator of this TBNETstudy, Christoph Lange, M ...

Officials said the person had been recently diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis but may have been contagious between Sept. 3, 2024 and May 1, 2025.