Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The most common site of extrapulmonary TB infection was the pleural cavity. Comorbidities associated with ...
Nazir Ismail receives funding from the South African Government and other International Funding agencies (Newton Fund, CDC etc). TB most commonly affects the lungs – what’s known as the body’s ...
Tuberculosis (TB) does not only affect the lungs — it can also affect other areas of the body, known as extrapulmonary TB. Types of extrapulmonary TB include gastrointestinal TB, skeletal TB, liver TB ...
Tuberculosis is a common infectious disease in the lungs, but tuberculosis bacteria can cause infection in almost all parts of the human body. As such, tuberculosis in organs other than the lungs is ...
Tuberculosis is no longer just a disease of the lungs. Doctors are raising alarm over a growing number of patients being diagnosed with non-respiratory or extrapulmonary TB, which often mimics other ...
Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income Member States, where TB is among the top three causes of death for women in reproductive age. This disease has become or is becoming a medical ...
In low-incidence, high-resource settings, Xpert Mycobacterium Tuberculosis/Rifampicin Ultra (Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra [Xpert-Ultra]) testing, an automated nucleic acid ...
Bone tuberculosis is a form of tuberculosis that spreads beyond the lungs and affects the bones. Recognizing bone tuberculosis symptoms early is essential for successful treatment. Tuberculosis (TB) ...