Researchers identified three new all-oral drug regimens that include at least one of two new drugs for treatment of ...

Researchers analyzed global trends in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among children and adolescents, revealing ...

Infections by multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) are a global health threat with a worrying increasing trend. In fragile ...

Children and teenagers treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, including those in India, are under-represented in case numbers, studies have found. Researchers have called for a "focus for ...

Study: TB or not TB? Development and validation of a clinical decision support system to inform airborne isolation requirements in the evaluation of suspected tuberculosis. Image Credit ...

A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the Kansas City area has gained national attention this week, with headlines claiming it’s the “largest outbreak in U.S. history” since the Centers for Disease Control ...

The goal was to improve treatment for patients with tuberculosis resistant to rifampin. The WHO estimates that some 410,000 people become sick with rifampin-resistant TB each year, including people ...

A colorized X-ray of a patient's chest shows lesions (tubercles, pink) caused by tuberculosis (TB ... is most concerned about potential drug resistance. The worst case scenario, he says, is ...

For decades, poor treatment options and low-quality evidence plagued care for patients with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis. The advent of new drugs to treat tuberculosis and enhanced funding now ...

Rifampin-resistant tuberculosis has traditionally been treated with 18-to-24-month regimens, but shorter, all-oral regimens may offer efficacious alternatives. New research findings are summarized ...

The number of tuberculosis cases linked to an outbreak in the Kansas City area continues to swell, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The outbreak, which began a year ...