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.

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

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 ...

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 10,347 reported tuberculosis cases in the US in 2024, a 8% increase from 2023. Though the CDC did see a 15.6% increase in ...

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.