For patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), taking at least six potentially effective drugs, particularly including pyrazinamide, significantly increased the likelihood of achieving a ...

An international research team headed by scientists at the University of British Columbia has demonstrated how a novel semi-synthetic compound derived from sanguinarine (SG), an alkaloid extracted ...

More than 10 million people fall sick with tuberculosis (TB) every year. The disease remains the world’s biggest infectious disease killers with an estimated 1.25 million annual deaths. The disease is ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - More than 80 percent of health departments in the United States that treat tuberculosis resistant to standard treatment have trouble obtaining the drugs they need to cure the ...

Despite global efforts, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children is rising at an alarming rate, with younger children at the highest risk of mortality—urgent action is needed to reverse the trend.

Over the last five years, multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases have been steadily increasing in the country, which is a major public health concern today. national resources for TB locked ...