In a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study, the addition of navitoclax to the standard TB treatment significantly increased ...

A mycobacterial culture, though slow, is the most reliable way to confirm the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Other tests, like a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, can also help detect ...

Drug-resistant infections—especially from deadly bacteria like tuberculosis and staph—are a growing global health crisis.

An outbreak of tuberculosis within Kansas City in the United States has been ongoing since Jan. 2024 and has highlighted new ...

TMC207 inhibits the proton pump of mycobacterial ATP synthase, a critical enzyme in the synthesis of ATP for Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... rates of sputum culture were 48% (vs 9% in the placebo ...

The patient's inguinal lymph nodes were not palpable. There was no past or family history of tuberculosis. Systemic examination was unremarkable. Results of blood analyses on presentation are ...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... TB-LAM in urine, liquid culture, and Xpert Ultra from sputum." The results showed that the stool test had a sensitivity of ...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... TB-LAM in urine, liquid culture, and Xpert Ultra from sputum," he adds. A more sensitive test in advanced stages of ...

An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) ...