Respiratory Infections News

A patient aged 2 years, who developed pneumonia after returning to the United States from a trip to India, was diagnosed with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and successfully treated into remission at John Hopkins Children’s Center, according to a report in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Tuberculosis was the most common opportunistic infection for patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were treated with Xeljanz, however, the incidence was rare, according to recently published research.

Despite great reductions in prevalence and mortality since 1990, tuberculosis is currently responsible for more annual deaths than any other infectious disease, according to a recent WHO report.

The Medical Research Council has awarded a £3.5 million grant to researchers from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Cape Town to determine whether a weekly vitamin D supplement can prevent tuberculosis in South African children, according to a press release.

SAN DIEGO — An assay using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy detected low concentrations of tuberculosis in early stages of infection, according to data presented at IDWeek 2015.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with tuberculosis had a greater abundance of a novel urinary biomarker compared with healthy participants, according to recent findings presented at IDWeek 2015.

Tuberculosis was the most common opportunistic infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were treated with Xeljanz, but the rate was low in regions with low and medium incidence of tuberculosis, according to a recently published study.

SAN DIEGO — A novel technique analyzing gaseous volatile organic compounds from samples of exhaled breath accurately detected tuberculosis among infected patients, according to a recent study.

SAN DIEGO — Researchers from Japan reported at ICAAC 2015 that they have invented an updated, more accurate version of a screening assay that detects tuberculosis infection.

Patients with early rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis had a higher prevalence of arterial hypertension and tuberculosis than rates seen in the French general population, according to recently published data.