High adherence and safety found in short TB treatments
A study comparing one- and three-month antibiotic treatments to prevent active tuberculosis (TB) finds that a high percentage…
Key protein in the tuberculosis bacterium helps protect itself from foreign DNA
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), with collaborators from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), have…
New method measures how effectively antibiotics kill bacteria
Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory…
New AI tools offer hope for global TB elimination
Researchers have unveiled new AI tools, from smartphone cough analysis to child-friendly screening systems, which could transform how…
Pleural and parenchymal radiological characteristics of tuberculous pleuritis and correlation with microbiological and molecular diagnostic yield | BMC Pulmonary Medicine
To our knowledge, few studies have described the microbiological yield of sputum and pleural investigations in relation to…
Funding challenges threaten to reverse global gains in the fight against TB
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming over 1.2 million lives and affecting an…
Poor glycemic control among people with diabetes mellitus is associated with tuberculosis infection: a cross-sectional study in Nepal | BMC Infectious Diseases
This study hypothesized that there would be a negative association between the quality of glycemic control and the…
Multi-view deep learning framework for the detection of chest X-rays compatible with pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis
Multi-view deep learning framework for pediatric TB-compatible CXR detection The framework proposed (see Fig. 1-II) is a multi-view pipeline…
Health minister hails new HIV prevention jab but warns of limited supply
JOHANNESBURG — JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s health minister on Tuesday called lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention…
Rare spacecraft bacterium found to evade detection by playing dead
A rare microorganism found in an unexpected environment may be evading detection by “playing dead,” according to microbiologists…
HIV protein Tat found to increase vulnerability to tuberculosis
According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis accounts for one in three deaths among people living with HIV.…