Long-term health risks of tobacco consumption include coronary artery disease, stroke, cancer of the lungs and almost all ...

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Each year, tuberculosis kills some 1.25 million people globally and more than 10 times that number become infected with the disease annually, according to the World Health Organization.

cavity and comorbidity lead to an increased risk of drug resistance among retreated PTB. Strategies to improve the host’s health, including smoking cessation, screening and treatment of comorbidity, ...

Sometimes infection inflames the lining of a pleural cavity, causes an exudation which ... Such an accident is called pneumothorax. In case of tuberculosis, pneumothorax may be a beneficial ...

TB that affects the brain is called Central Nervous System Tuberculosis (CNS-TB ... drug delivery utilises the olfactory and trigeminal nerve pathways in the nasal cavity and effectively bypasses the ...

163.com Background The rapid spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB ... 37.7% of patients had at least one pulmonary cavity; 1.7% had TB in organs other than the lungs; 4.0% had diabetes ...

During cavity formation, both the basement membrane and alveolar architecture are permanently destroyed. Even after successful tuberculosis treatment, tuberculosis cavities can persist, leading to ...

Skin tuberculosis is just one of the ways that this bacterial infection can affect your body. While less contagious than some types of tuberculosis, it can still be spread from person to person.

Disseminated tuberculosis is a type of tuberculosis (TB) where mycobacteria spread via blood to other organs beyond the lungs. It can cause severe multiple-organ damage in the absence of early ...