Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health problem associated with significant risks of disability and premature death, and is considered a reemerging disease. People living with the human immunodeficiency ...

2.73–6.48), suggest that one possible causal pathway through which alcohol operates as a risk factor for TB, is through increased risk of progression from infection to disease. It is somewhat ...

Multiple employees at Maître, a meal supplier in Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, have tested positive for tuberculosis (TB), according to a company statement released ... A spokesperson for GGD ...

Meningococcal infections, caused by bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis, can lead to severe, sometimes deadly, bloodstream infections as well as severe swelling in the brain and spinal cord.

Kidney infections (pyelonephritis) can occur when bacteria from the urinary tract travel up the urethra and affect one or both kidneys. Sometimes, the bacteria that cause kidney, or renal ...

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Pune: Officials from the state health department confirmed on Tuesday the outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) cases in Pune - one of the world's largest - was caused by the bacteria ...

Tuberculosis is a respiratory disease caused by bacteria, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. TB primarily affects the lungs and can spread to other parts of the body ...

A TB blood test can find out whether you have the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria in your body ... even if you don’t have symptoms. Other factors can also affect whether you’ll need ...

"Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by slow growing bacteria," said Dr. Nicholas Turner, an infectious disease specialist with Duke Health. "It usually affects the lungs, so most ...