Tuberculosis

A second tuberculosis outbreak linked to a viable bone allograft product contaminated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis resulted in five more cases and two deaths, according to the outbreak investigation.

Patients who died of a COVID-19 and tuberculosis coinfection had a shorter median time to death compared with patients who died of either COVID-19 or TB alone, according to results published in European Respiratory Journal.

Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the chosen course of therapy does not have an impact on the risk for developing a serious infection, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Clinicians and microbiologists who care for patients with diabetic foot infections may be able to decrease the use of mycobacterial cultures and health care costs because these infections are uncommon, according to study data.

Levofloxacin was safe and reduced the risk for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among children, adolescents and adults by 60% in two phase 3 trials, according to results presented at the Union World Conference on Lung Health.

The surgical team at Northwestern Medicine placed breast implants in a man’s chest cavity to hold his heart in place as he underwent a double-lung transplant following a month-long infection.

The highest ever reported number of tuberculosis diagnoses was reported in 2022, a feat likely due to the recovery of TB services following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WHO’s 2023 Global TB report.

Healio spoke with several experts to get their feedback on the first two malaria vaccines ever recommended for use and how they will impact the fight against the disease, which threatens half the global population.

Almost half of health care providers in the United States do not routinely test patients born outside the U.S. for tuberculosis, despite CDC recommendations that say they should, a survey found.

Scientists have successfully developed the first vaccines against malaria and respiratory syncytial virus, but other vaccine targets remain.