Posterior uveitis is the most common form of involvement in intraocular tuberculosis. As with all cases of posterior uveitis, imaging plays a key role in documenting lesions, assessing disease ...

BARCELONA, SPAIN — In the large Investigation of the Management of Pericarditis (IMPI) trial of patients with presumed tuberculous pericarditis, neither of two immunotherapies—prednisolone and ...

Study design: A case report of cervical tuberculous spondylitis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Infection is a frequent problem in SLE, especially in patients hospitalised with the ...

Following inhalation of airborne droplets containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the ingestion of Mtb by alveolar macrophages triggers an inflammatory cascade, generating protective immunity and ...

The results of the placebo-controlled clinical trial of adjunctive dexamethasone in the treatment of tuberculous meningitis reported by Thwaites et al. (Oct. 21 issue) 1 clearly indicate improved ...

Each year, 11 million people worldwide develop tuberculosis, and about 1.4 million die from it. Meningitis occurs in 1–2% of patients and is the most severe complication of tuberculosis, arising when ...

image: A new analysis challenges the longstanding notion that tuberculous infection is a life-long infection that could strike at any time and cause tuberculosis view more PHILADELPHIA - A new ...

Researchers from the Netherlands have conducted the first study globally to show that intensified antibiotic treatment can improve the prognosis of patients with tuberculous (TB) meningitis, the most ...

One hundred and five infants, born of tuberculous mothers, have been followed a mean of 11 years. Thirty received BCG vaccine; all are alive, and none contracted tuberculosis. Of 75 nonvaccinated ...

Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that damages the body’s ability to convert food into energy. In diabetes, either the insulin is not produced properly or it is not utilized properly. TB is ...

Tuberculosis (TB) infects about 11 million people globally each year and causes 1.4 million deaths. The most severe complication—tuberculous meningitis—occurs when TB bacteria reach the brain.