How the human immune system keeps TB at bay
• Immunology • • Tuberculosis • Mar 26 15

A new tissue culture model using human white blood cells shows how people with a latent - or symptom-free - tuberculosis infection are protected…    

 

Hundreds of babies possibly exposed to TB at Texas Hospital
• Public Health • • Tuberculosis • Sep 21 14

More than 700 newborns and 40 employees of a Texas hospital may have been exposed to a worker who had an active case of…    

 

TB lung infection causes changes in the diversity of gut bacteria in mice
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • May 14 14

Johns Hopkins researchers have found evidence in mice that a tuberculosis (TB) infection in the lungs triggers immune system signaling to the gut that…    

 

New childhood tuberculosis estimates double the number previously thought
• Children's Health • • Tuberculosis • Mar 23 14

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) in Boston have estimated that around one million children suffer from tuberculosis…    

 

Adding blood pressure drug to standard antibiotics speeds up TB treatment
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Aug 29 13

Infectious disease experts at Johns Hopkins have found, in studies in mice, that a drug better known as a treatment for high blood pressure…    

 

Preventive antibiotics for tuberculosis reduce deaths among people with HIV disease
• AIDS/HIV • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Tuberculosis • Aug 16 13

As part of the largest international research effort ever made to combat tuberculosis, a team of Johns Hopkins and Brazilian experts has found that…    

 

New hope for improved TB treatments
• Tuberculosis • Aug 11 13

Researchers at the University of Southampton have identified new markers of tuberculosis (TB) that may help in the development of new diagnostic tests and…    

 

Scientists discover ethnic differences in immune response to TB bacterium
• Immunology • • Tuberculosis • Jul 05 13

The immune response to the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) varies between patients of different ethnic origin, raising important implications for the development of…    

 

Pill-watching practice may not improve Tuberculosis treatment
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Apr 05 13

Tuberculosis patients who swallow their anti-tuberculosis pills under the watchful gaze of doctors fare just as well as patients trusted to self-medicate, according to…    

 

Vitamin D benefits breathing in tuberculosis patients
• Tuberculosis • Mar 26 13

Maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D can help people breathe better and may even protect against tuberculosis (TB), according to a recent study accepted…    

 

Persistent strain of TB claims victims on L.A.‘s skid row
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Feb 24 13

Public health officials have launched a new, coordinated attack to contain a persistent outbreak of tuberculosis on downtown Los Angeles’ skid row, including a…    

 

Drug showed promise in clearing drug-resistant tuberculosis
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Oct 18 12

An antibiotic used to treat severe bacterial infections showed promise at treating a highly drug-resistant and deadly form of tuberculosis, U.S. government and South…    

 

Call for a new approach to fighting tuberculosis
• Tuberculosis • Sep 05 12

Each year, nearly 2 million people die from tuberculosis – a treatable disease that has been brought under control in the United States, but…    

 

How basking in the sunshine could help treat patients with TB
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Sep 04 12

Vitamin D can speed up recovery in tuberculosis (TB) patients, say researchers.

It suggests that the 19th century practice of sending patients to retreats…    

 

New approach of resistant tuberculosis
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Aug 12 12

Scientists of the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine have breathed new life into a forgotten technique and so succeeded in detecting resistant tuberculosis in…    

 

Possible Connection between Air Pollution and Tuberculosis Susceptibility
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Apr 14 12

A team of researchers, led by Dr. Stephan Schwander, of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - School of Public Health…    

 

A Better Tool to Diagnose Tuberculosis
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Apr 09 12

Up to 30% of the world’s population is infected with Tuberculosis (TB), but in many areas of the world, TB diagnosis still relies on…    

 

Drug-resistant strains of TB are out of control, warn health experts
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Mar 26 12

The fight against new, antibiotic-resistant strains of tuberculosis has already been lost in some parts of the world, according to a senior World Health…    

 

Joint action on HIV and TB saved 900,000 lives: WHO
• AIDS/HIV • • Tuberculosis • Mar 03 12

An estimated 910,000 lives were saved worldwide over six years thanks to better collaboration between health services to protect people with the AIDS virus…    

 

World TB cases decline for first time ever: WHO
• Public Health • • Tuberculosis • Oct 11 11

The number of people getting sick with tuberculosis declined last year for the first time, while the death toll reached its lowest level in…    

 

A faster, cheaper way to diagnose TB
• Tuberculosis • Aug 17 11

Researchers have discovered a faster, cheaper method for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). A major barrier in TB prevention, especially in developing countries, is…    

 

Simpler Combination Therapy as Good as Old Regimen to Prevent Full-Blown TB in People with and without HIV
• AIDS/HIV • • Tuberculosis • Jul 08 11

Johns Hopkins and South African scientists have further compelling evidence that new, simpler and shorter treatments with antibiotic drugs could dramatically help prevent tens…    

 

Simple face masks could significantly prevent spread of TB to non-infected patients
• Tuberculosis • May 17 11

Face masks worn by patients infected with tuberculosis (TB) may be able to significantly cut transmission rates to non-infected patients, according to a new…    

 

UK immigrant screening misses most latent TB
• Public Health • • Tuberculosis • Apr 21 11

British tuberculosis screening for new immigrants fails to detect most imported cases of latent disease and screening should be widened to include more people…    

 

Latent TB treatment a greater risk to older adults
• Tuberculosis • Jan 11 11

Older adults treated for an inactive tuberculosis infection may be at increased risk of suffering liver damage from the medication, a study published Monday…    

 

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