Respiratory Infections News

U.S. data revealed that cytomegalovirus was independently associated with latent tuberculosis infection, and both were associated with high levels of C-reactive protein, suggesting enhanced systemic inflammation, researchers reported.

The use of nucleic acid amplification testing for tuberculosis increased in the United States between 2011 and 2017, although nearly half of U.S. TB cases did not include one of the tests, according to a study.

Approximately one-third of patients with tuberculosis-destroyed lung experienced postoperative complications, with certain subgroups at higher risk, according to new data published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

A rapid sputum-based assay accurately detected resistance to isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, ethionamide, amikacin, kanamycin and capreomycin in people with tuberculosis symptoms, showing its potential to diagnose drug-resistant TB.

Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have reversed years of global progress in the fight against tuberculosis, leading to an increase in deaths from TB for the first time in over a decade, according to WHO’s 2021 Global TB report.

The use of interferon gamma release assays can reduce overdiagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection among people from countries that use the bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine and have moderate to high rates of disease, according to a study.

Among patients with COPD in South Korea, with an intermediate tuberculosis burden, history of pulmonary TB was associated with an increased risk for developing lung cancer, researchers reported.

Glycemic changes may play an important role in response to treatment among patients with tuberculosis who do not have diabetes, according to data published in the American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine.

Pooled estimates from a systematic review of nearly 40 studies found that only around half of migrants with latent tuberculosis infection initiated and completed treatment, according to findings reported in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

In China, of the number of adults with pleural effusions is high, and causes appear to differ by age and smoking status, according to new findings published in JAMA Network Open.