Tuberculosis is a bacteria infection that mostly affects the lungs, but can potentially spread to other organs.

Q I suffered extensive fatigue that I had attributed to a COVID-19 infection. Then a lung culture found something called ...

Mycobacterium abscessus is a fast-growing, pathogenic mycobacteria that can cause lung infections, and people who have ...

During medical school, I came across a professor who introduced me to research—up until that point, I was content with being ...

Researchers found that curcumin, found in turmeric, could enhance treatment of dangerous Mycobacterium abscessus lung infections.

Actually getting treatment is key: The World Health Organization (WHO) says that for two-thirds of TB patients who don't get ...

The treatment of TB involves a combination of several antibiotics. These are aimed at reducing the risk of transmission, ...

In 2023, after a brief hiatus, tuberculosis regained from COVID its status as the world’s deadliest infectious disease—a ...

Dr K K Pandey Either during your childhood or at young age,you would have noticed a protruding swelling or solid tumour like ...

The infection spreads to the brain or spinal column.” Others “suffer a sudden, uncontrollable hemorrhage, leading to a quick ...

Consumption, phthisis, the white plague—a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ...