Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The most common site of extrapulmonary TB infection was the pleural cavity. Comorbidities associated with ...

While tuberculosis spread is not significant nationally, lack of awareness of the latent form of the condition raises legitimate concerns for potential future infections.

Kansas City has been at the center of an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak, bringing the disease back into the spotlight. Around 67 active cases have been confirmed since the start of 2025, and nearly 400 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Factors associated with testing positive for LBTI and those associated with being tested in general varied.

Background: It has long been evident that there is an association between alcohol use and risk of tuberculosis. It has not been established to what extent this association is confounded by social and ...

Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis particles (colorized blue), the bacterium which causes TB. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/Courtesy) Tuberculosis is ...

Infection with tuberculosis bacteria initially can cause no symptoms, but it may eventually become active TB. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mentions these risk factors that can ...

In a recent paper published in PLOS One, Soumya Chatterjee, M.D., assistant professor of infectious diseases, allergy and immunology at Saint Louis University, presents data to show that a focus on ...

Venlo, the Netherlands, and Germantown, Maryland, May 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QIAGEN (QGEN) (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today that it welcomed the U.S. Preventive ...

After a case of contagious tuberculosis was identified at a popular Yolo County tribal casino, Californians may be concerned whether they're at risk of catching the deadly disease. The individual with ...