Great progress has been made over the past half-century, but TB remains a formidable
global health problem, particularly in low-and middle-income countries. Understanding the …

Summary The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission on drug-resistant tuberculosis was
published in 2017, which comprehensively reviewed and provided recommendations on …

Tuberculosis (TB) in humans is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). It is estimated
that 70 million children (< 15 years) are currently infected with Mtb, with 1.2 million each year …

Neutrophils readily infiltrate infection foci, phagocytose and usually destroy microbes. In
tuberculosis (TB), a chronic pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Polyclonal infections occur when at least two unrelated strains of the same pathogen are
detected in an individual. This has been linked to worse clinical outcomes in tuberculosis, as …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent,
with around 1.5 million deaths reported in 2018, and is a major contributor to suffering …

Over a quarter of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb),
the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB). Approximately 3.4% of new and 18% of recurrent …

Host immune responses at the site of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection can mediate
pathogenesis of tuberculosis (TB) and onward transmission of infection. We hypothesized …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) causes the human disease tuberculosis (TB) and remains
the top global infectious pandemic after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Furthermore …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the cause of tuberculosis (TB), a disease which continues to
overwhelm health systems in endemic regions despite the existence of effective combination …