In Germany, it is often overlooked that diseases once thought to be defeated, like tuberculosis, still exist and that the ...

TB can be cured, but ridding the body of the bug often takes many months and usually requires taking four or more medicines.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Our African follower for over 70,000 years. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 09 / 130901154024.htm ...

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling it can cause in babies and toddlers.

Researchers have identified two new drug families that block a key tuberculosis (TB) enzyme, offering hope for novel ...

A recent phase 2b clinical trial in South Africa found that Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) revaccination did not prevent ...

Mycobacteria metabolism discovery may pave way for new TB drugs Date: July 21, 2014 Source: University of Otago Summary: The mystery of why mycobacteria -- a family that includes the microbe that ...

TB is an airborne infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.When streptomycin was first discovered in the 1940s, there was tremendous hope that TB could be defeated.

Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) revaccination didn't help prevent sustained Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in initially uninfected adolescents without HIV in a phase IIb trial.. Getting the ...

Vitamin D metabolites support innate immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Data from phase 3, randomized, controlled trials of vitamin D supplementation to prevent tuberculosis infection ...