Drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis arises from the man-made selection of mutants that result from spontaneous chromosomal alterations. Preventing the development of drug-resistant TB ...

can lead to drug efficacy intolerance and the development of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Additional factors, including deficiencies in early TB detection, which increase rates of disease ...

Explore the complete guide to tuberculosis, from bacterial causes and early warning signs to modern treatment approaches and ...

Read More: Meet the Tuberculosis Nurses, the Black Women Who Helped Cure TB Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is increasing, since only slightly over half the TB patients in the EU with ...

A new drug Sirturo has received conditional approval for treatment of pulmonary multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The spread of multi-drug resistant TB is a growing global health problem ...

Study Finds Three New Safe, Effective Ways to Treat Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Jan. 29, 2025 — Study finds three new safe and effective drug regimens to fight multidrug-resistant TB.

In 2021 alone, 450,000 people developed multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, with treatment success rates dropping to just 57%, according to the World Health Organization. Now, Tulane University ...

Global health experts warn that US retreat from TB prevention programs could lead to a resurgence of the deadliest infectious disease, as seen with a recent case in suburban Illinois.

Gates Foundation supports Evotec with a $ 2.5 M grant to generate critical data supporting development of next generation ...

"This makes them potential game-changers in the fight against multidrug-resistant pathogens and opens up opportunities to systematically search for other agents with similar mechanisms." ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates nearly 13 million people in the U.S. have “latent TB infection.” ...