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PET Scans Predict Effectiveness of Treatment for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in HIV Patients
May 24, 2011 — New research shows that the use of 18F-FDG positron emission tomography scans can help to determine earlier if treatment for tuberculosis is working or if the disease is ... > full story -
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Simple Face Masks Could Significantly Prevent Spread of TB to Non-Infected Patients
May 17, 2011 — Face masks worn by patients infected with tuberculosis (TB) may be able to significantly cut transmission rates to non-infected patients, according to a new study. The study was conducted in a ... > full story -
Sharing Musical Instruments Means Sharing Germs
May 12, 2011 — Disease-causing bacteria can survive for days on wind instruments and may thus contribute to sickness in people who play wind instruments, especially students who share instruments, report ... > full story -
Private Market for Tuberculosis Drugs: Big and Messy, but a Necessary Partner in Stopping the TB Epidemic, Study Finds
May 4, 2011 — The private tuberculosis drug market, which has irregular practices that could be driving treatment failures and the emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis, is now shown to be as large as the ... > full story -
Tuberculosis Discovery Paves Way for Drugs That Prevent Lung Destruction
April 25, 2011 — Scientists have identified a key enzyme responsible for destroying lung tissue in tuberculosis. Drugs that inhibit this enzyme are already available, meaning that the finding could lead quickly to ... > full story -
UK: Immigrant Screening Misses Majority of Imported Latent TB, Finds Study
April 20, 2011 — Current UK procedures to screen new immigrants for tuberculosis fail to detect more than 70 percent of cases of latent infection, according to a new ... > full story -
Discovery of Two New Genes Provides Hope for Stemming Staph Infections
April 12, 2011 — The discovery of two genes that encode copper- and sulfur-binding repressors in the hospital terror Staphylococcus aureus means two new potential avenues for controlling the increasingly ... > full story -
Use of Combination Drug Regimen for Treating TB May Represent an Effective Treatment Option
April 12, 2011 — In patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis, use of a combined 4-drug fixed-dose regimen was found to have comparable outcomes to drugs administered separately, according to a new ... > full story -
Tuberculosis Strain Spread by the Fur Trade Reveals Stealthy Approach of Epidemics
April 11, 2011 — French Canadian voyageurs spread tuberculosis throughout the indigenous peoples of western Canada for over 150 years, yet, strangely enough, it wasn't until the fur traders ceased their forays that ... > full story -
New Antibiotics Against Resistant Bacterial Infections Discovered
April 8, 2011 — This year's World Health Day focuses on the growing threat of potentially deadly infections developing resistance to antimicrobial drugs – especially to antibiotics. On this occasion, the ... > full story
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