There are 9 million cases of active tuberculosis reported annually; however, an estimated
one-third of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and remains …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is one of the most important infectious agents worldwide
and causes more than 1.5 million deaths annually. To make matters worse, the drug …

Tuberculosis is an ongoing threat to global health, especially with the emergence of multi
drug-resistant (MDR) and extremely drug-resistant strains that are motivating the search for …

Tuberculosis is one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide. The susceptibility
to this disease depends to a great extent on the innate immune response against …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major worldwide health problem in part due to the lack of
development of new treatments and the emergence of new strains such as multidrug …

Cathelicidins are a family of antimicrobial peptides that act as effector molecules of the
innate immune system with broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties. These evolutionary …

SETTING: Although diabetes mellitus (DM) is an established risk factor for active
tuberculosis (TB) disease, little is known about the association between pre-DM, DM, and …

Tuberculosis (TB) is the outcome of an insidious, protracted infection with Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb). It primarily affects the lung and is characterized by extensive focal …

One of the challenges faced by the infant immune system is learning to distinguish the
myriad of foreign but nonthreatening antigens encountered from those expressed by true …

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most important infectious diseases, causing 1.8 million
deaths annually worldwide. This problem has increased because of the association with …