A significant number of Tuberculosis (TB) cases continue to go undetected due to the limited sensitivity of smear microscopy, the most commonly used diagnostic test for TB in India.

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Transposon sequencing analyses reveal that among genomically diverse clinical Mycobacterium intracellulare strains and the type strain, 131 genes were comprehensively identified as universal essential ...

Bangladesh's National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP) teeters on the brink of collapse as Global Fund support ends ...

In 2015, the United Nations and the World Health Organisation set out their blueprints to eradicate Tuberculosis by 2030. TB is a potentially deadly bacterial disease that, despite being preventable ...

Gorakhpur: Conventional smear microscopy, though widely used in India, misses detection of many tuberculosis (TB) cases, ...

People who persistently carry Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in their nose have fewer species of other bacteria, while ...

TB meningitis is often fatal. A trial testing high-dose rifampicin found no survival benefit and possible higher early deaths. Researchers now suspect harmful brain inflammation and are exploring ...

In a new study in Nature Communications, researchers from around India have suggested that the key to outsmarting the ...

We searched for evidence from studies known as 'clinical trials' that compared rapid TB tests with traditional methods of testing for TB, like smear microscopy and culture. We summarised the findings ...