Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Bone tuberculosis occurs primarily from infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria.

According to a latest study, conducted by the Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP) researchers, India bears the highest burden of tuberculosis globally and about 25% of the world's tuberculosis patients belong to India.

Samples from mummies in a Hungarian crypt have revealed that multiple tuberculosis (TB) strains derived from a single Roman ancestor that circulated in 18th-century Europe, scientists said toda

An experimental cocktail of three drugs can dramatically shorten the time it takes to treat patients infected with TB strains that are hard to cure with conventional antibiotics, according to research presented Monday at the world AIDS forum.

An international team of researchers has found that an active ingredient in vinegar can effectively kill mycobacteria and even the highly drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acetic acid in vinegar might be used as an inexpensive and non-toxic disinfectant...

US health authorities have approved a new medicine to fight multi-drug resistant TB, the first to be approved in the country in more than four decades.

Passive smoking seems to be related to and increased risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children living in a home with a tuberculosis patient.

Bone tuberculosis occurs primarily from infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria.

According to a latest study, conducted by the Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP) researchers, India bears the highest burden of tuberculosis globally and about 25% of the world's tuberculosis patients belong to India.

Samples from mummies in a Hungarian crypt have revealed that multiple tuberculosis (TB) strains derived from a single Roman ancestor that circulated in 18th-century Europe, scientists said toda

An experimental cocktail of three drugs can dramatically shorten the time it takes to treat patients infected with TB strains that are hard to cure with conventional antibiotics, according to research presented Monday at the world AIDS forum.

An international team of researchers has found that an active ingredient in vinegar can effectively kill mycobacteria and even the highly drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acetic acid in vinegar might be used as an inexpensive and non-toxic disinfectant...

US health authorities have approved a new medicine to fight multi-drug resistant TB, the first to be approved in the country in more than four decades.

Passive smoking seems to be related to and increased risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children living in a home with a tuberculosis patient.