Background: The tuberculin skin test (TST) is used to test for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection and support the diagnosis of active TB. However, little is known about the relationship between ...

A new study published in the Sept. 15, 2009, issue of PLoS ONE found that patients with cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis receiving anti-TB medications supplemented with nebulized interferon-gamma ...

Background: Adolescents comprise one-third of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) cases in the United States, but there are few specific data on the epidemiology and clinical course in this population ...

“Cavitary TB patients are also more likely to fail treatment and spread the disease to other individuals. Rifampin is not getting where we need it most.” To confirm the human findings, the team ...

To assess the efficacy of shortening anti-TB treatment to 4 months in HIV-non-infected adults with drug-susceptible, non-cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis who convert their sputum culture to negative ...