Over the past 2000 years, tuberculosis (TB) has claimed more lives than any other infectious
disease. In 2020 alone, TB was responsible for 1.5 million deaths worldwide, comparable to …

Global tuberculosis incidence has declined marginally over the past decade, and
tuberculosis remains out of control in several parts of the world including Africa and Asia …

Tuberculosis (TB) was announced as a global emergency in 1993. There was an alarming
counter attack of TB worldwide. However, when it was known that TB can be cured …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing lineage are globally distributed and are
associated with the massive spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in Eurasia …

Inadequate dosing and incomplete treatment regimens, coupled with the ability of the
tuberculosis bacilli to cause latent infections that are tolerant of currently used drugs, have …

The introduction of antibiotics into clinical practice revolutionized the treatment and
management of infectious diseases. Before the introduction of antibiotics, these diseases …

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis is a burgeoning global health crisis mainly affecting
economically active young adults, and has high mortality irrespective of HIV status. In some …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a formidable infectious disease that remains a major cause of death
worldwide today. Escalating application of genomic techniques has expedited the …

Prevalent since pre-history, human tuberculosis—caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium
tuberculosis—remains a major source of death worldwide. Moreover, increasing drug …

Background Long-term treatment-related outcomes in patients with extensively drug-
resistant (XDR) tuberculosis are unknown. We followed up a cohort of patients to address …