Researchers recently identified five extrapulmonary treatable traits in asthma that are clinically relevant and have a clear diagnostic process.

Evaluation of: Tortoli E, Russo C, Piersimoni C et al. Clinical validation of Xpert MTB/RIF for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Eur. Respir. J. doi:10. ...

The WHO announced that Tuberculosis (TB) has overtaken COVID-19 as the leading infectious disease causing deaths in 2023, ...

The types of infections often seen in Texas and Gulf Coast areas include extrapulmonary and latent tuberculosis, strongyloidiasis, Chagas disease, and schistosomiasis. They often go ...

The recent detection on an Oregon farm raises the risk of the influenza virus acquiring mutations that lead to a pandemic ...

Today, TB is known to be an airborne infectious disease, and its names indicate where it is (pulmonary or extrapulmonary) and how to treat it (drug resistant, drug susceptible, multidrug resistant, ...

Pulmonary TB disease: This type occurs in the lungs and is the most common. Extrapulmonary TB disease: This type occurs in areas other than the lungs. Examples include: Disseminated TB disease ...

Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs called pulmonary tuberculosis. It can also affect other parts of the body extrapulmonary tuberculosis. However, some of the infections remain as latent ...

Kankakee County Health Department have been local reports of mycoplasma pneumoniae, a common cause of bacterial respiratory ...

"Our findings also highlight the need for longer term multidisciplinary follow-up services focused on pulmonary and extrapulmonary health (kidneys, brain and mental health), particularly for those ...

† Duration measurement included 12 consecutive hours starting at waking up time. FEV 1: Forced expiratory volume in 1 s; n: Number of patients or controls; NA: Not available; PAL: Physical ...

Goa is detecting tuberculosis early by providing 100% rapid molecular testing – the only state to do so as opposed to the ...