Respiratory Infections News

A novel tuberculosis and HIV case-finding method effectively detected people with both diseases in a remote area of South Africa, according to researchers.

Tuberculosis represents one of the top 10 causes of death globally. It is the No. 1 infectious disease killer in the world, accounting for more deaths than malaria and HIV, according to WHO.

The United States recorded a record-low number of tuberculosis cases in 2016, but progress toward eliminating the disease in the U.S. by the end of the century has lagged, CDC experts said.

Nucleic acid amplification testing reduces clinical waste in addition to differentiating tuberculosis from similar pathogens, researchers found.

Researchers in Italy found that the Mycoplasma tuberculosis transmission rate in school settings from smear-negative index cases were very low, particularly in those aged younger than 5 years, according to findings published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

In 1986, the CDC reported that tuberculosis cases increased in the United States for the first time since national reporting had begun in 1953: 22,725 cases compared with a record low of 22,201 cases the year before.

SEATTLE — Two novel tuberculosis treatment regimens comprising the same backbone of Sirturo and the experimental pretomanid are showing promise against all forms of the disease, researchers reported here.

Pediatricians in Canada should consider tuberculosis disease in children with epidemiologic risk factors and suggestive symptoms or signs of organ involvement, particularly among Aboriginal children, according to a recently published review.

A team of researchers and engineers has created a 3-D model that they say can improve the study and treatment of tuberculosis and other infections.

Children who do not receive appropriate and timely treatment for tuberculosis, especially those aged younger than 5 years, have an elevated risk for death, according to recent study findings.