Granuloma structure and distribution of the antibiotic BTZ-043 in differently stained tissue sections of two tuberculosis granulomas. The stains show (in z-shaped order from top left to bottom right): ...

Every year, 10 million people contract tuberculosis (TB), a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and approximately 1.5 million patients succumb to the disease. Treatment ...

A team of researchers in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at Colorado State University aim to advance what is known about the complex immune response necessary to prevent ...

Scientists unveil the complex molecular structure that causes lethal infections by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Their findings might have implications for potential therapies against ...

The multidisciplinary symposium drew together leaders in the field of post-tuberculosis (TB) outcomes, including TB survivors, clinicians and TB program staff, researchers and stakeholders. Steyn ...

Current research suggests that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can evade the immune response. The related report by Rahman et al., "Compartmentalization of immune responses in human tuberculosis: few CD8+ ...

AN outbreak of tuberculosis was noted in the fall of 1963 among medical students and employees of a northeastern medical center. Between September, 1962, and March, 1964, 27 cases of tuberculosis were ...

Four in every five people in Africa are carrying undetected tuberculosis (TB), facilitating its spread and presenting significant challenges for tuberculosis control efforts, scientists have said.