Oct 29, 2024 · Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that most often affects the lungs. It spreads through the air when people with TB cough, sneeze or spit. Tuberculosis is preventable and curable. About a quarter of the global population is estimated to have been infected with TB bacteria.

Mar 5, 2025 · Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s top infectious killer. Nearly 4500 people lose their lives and 30 000 people fall ill with TB each day. TB is contagious and airborne. It is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs. TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel TB …

Jan 18, 2018 · Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs. Tuberculosis is curable and preventable. TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air.

The communication includes new information about treatment decision algorithms, the use of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra to diagnose pulmonary TB using gastric aspirate and stool specimens, a 4-month regimen to treat non-severe, drug-susceptible pulmonary TB, the use of bedaquiline and delamanid to treat drug-resistant TB, a shortened intensified regimen ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s top infectious killer. It is a contagious, airborne disease caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most commonly affects the lungs. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel TB germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become infected.

To reliably track the burden of tuberculosis (TB) disease in terms of TB incidence and TB mortality from subnational to global levels, the ultimate goal is that all countries can rely on data routinely collected through a) national disease surveillance systems and b) vital registration (VR) systems in which causes of death are coded according to the international classification of diseases (ICD).

References. WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 4: Treatment – drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, 2022 update.

Oct 29, 2024 · The WHO Global tuberculosis report 2024 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, at global, regional and country levels. This is done in the context of global TB commitments, strategies and targets.

May 23, 2024 · Tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) consists of a course of one or more anti-tuberculosis medicines given with the intent of preventing the development of TB disease. TPT is only given to people who are infected with TB bacteria, or who have been exposed to it, and who are at a higher risk of developing TB disease.

May 20, 2024 · Longer individualized regimens: for patients with MDR/RR-TB who are not eligible for, or had no favorable treatment outcome using, the above 6-month or 9-month regimens, have TB disease caused by M. tuberculosis strains with extensive drug resistance (e.g. extensively drug-resistant TB [XDR-TB]) or have intolerance to key components of the ...