A TB cough differs from a normal cough in several ways. It typically persists for more than 2-3 weeks, unlike the shorter ...

All patients had active pulmonary tuberculosis, and the sputum in all 116 cases was positive before therapy. Planigrams were widely used to determine the presence and extent of cavity.

One of the most serious complications met in treating tuberculosis is what the doctors call empyema, i.e., the cavity between a lung and the chest wall fills with pus. Not long ago empyema was one ...

Chicago’s old Iroquois Memorial Hospital sagged with the most influential politicians of northern Illinois last week. A simple lesson in anatomy and a mechanical treatment for tuberculosis drew ...

What is TB? Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is a bacterial infection that primarily affects a person's lungs. Its symptoms vary widely depending on how the slow-growing mycobacterium that causes ...

Symptoms of active tuberculosis include a cough, pain in the chest, and coughing up blood or phlegm. Many people can carry the bacteria without showing symptoms, known as latent tuberculosis.

In Green’s telling, he has become obsessed with tuberculosis, seeing it as a window into “the folly and brilliance and cruelty and compassion of humans.” His book’s title is a nod to that.