Without treatment, a latent tuberculosis infection may still become active, should a person's immune system fail to keep levels of the bacteria low. This happens to about 10% of people with latent ...

When German biologist and doctor Robert Koch announced in 1882 that he had discovered the bacterial cause of tuberculosis, he said, "If the number of victims which a disease claims is the measure ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis infections, is detectable in the exhaled breath of 90% of individuals with suspected tuberculosis, including those who ...

"It was therefore crucial to study how the TB bacteria would react to the global roll-out of this new regimen." A study led by Swiss TPH in collaboration with the National Centre for Tuberculosis ...