It has been known that the microbe that causes TB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, can persist in the lungs even after patient tissue samples test negative for the bacteria. In new research, scientists ...

X-rays can help doctors identify TB infections. They look for specific characteristics in these images to make a diagnosis. TB is an infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs, although it ...

Stomach TB: TB can occur in the stomach as well as in the lungs. It occurs due to the spread of bacteria of lung TB. According to information, it can be more dangerous than lung TB. Because it is not ...

Nazir Ismail receives funding from the South African Government and other International Funding agencies (Newton Fund, CDC etc). TB most commonly affects the lungs – what’s known as the body’s ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for more than 1.8 million deaths each year, according to the World Health Organization, yet there has been little significant improvement in therapies in the past 20 ...

The presence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is associated with an increased incidence of pulmonary diseases, but this effect may be attenuated with GERD treatment, according to research ...

The immune system remains seriously out-of-whack—in an inflammatory state of overactivation and impaired ...

NEWSWATCH SEVEN. ALL RIGHT, ABBY, THANK YOU. NOW, TUBERCULOSIS IS TREATABLE. BUT HERE’S THE PROBLEM. MAY MAYBE YOU MAY BE INFECTED FOR MONTHS, EVEN YEARS, WITHOUT SHOWING ANY SYMPTOMS. KETV NEWSWATCH ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that typically affects the lungs, though it can also involve other body parts. When it affects the lungs, it’s called pulmonary TB. TB outside of the lung is ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infection that usually affects only your lungs, which is why it’s often called pulmonary tuberculosis. However, sometimes the bacteria get into your blood, spread ...