In response to nosocomial outbreaks of tuberculosis among patients and health care workers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released tuberculosis control guidelines in 1990. These ...

Skin tuberculosis is just one of the ways that this bacterial infection can affect your body. While less contagious than some types of tuberculosis, it can still be spread from person to person. Skin ...

Disseminated tuberculosis is a type of tuberculosis (TB) where mycobacteria spread via blood to other organs beyond the lungs. It can cause severe multiple-organ damage in the absence of early ...

The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease. Global Health The United States ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious lung disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. While it primarily affects the lungs, TB can also affect other parts of the body and lead to life threatening ...

Ocular TB is a rare eye disease due to infection from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the same bacterium that causes tuberculosis, commonly known as TB. TB symptoms usually start in the lungs, but they ...