Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most often affects the lungs but can involve other organs throughout the body. It spreads through the air when a person with active pulmonary disease coughs, sneezes, or otherwise expels respiratory droplets. Typical…
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most often affects the lungs but can involve other organs throughout the body. It spreads through the air when a person with active pulmonary disease coughs, sneezes, or otherwise expels respiratory droplets. Typical symptoms of pulmonary TB include a persistent cough, chest pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and fatigue. TB is curable with a prolonged course of multiple antibiotics, but incomplete or inappropriate treatment can lead to drug-resistant strains, which complicate control efforts worldwide. As a respiratory and systemic disease, TB is studied through diagnosis, drug resistance, control programs, and its many extrapulmonary forms. Work in this journal touches on several related themes, including the characterization of rpoB gene mutations associated with rifampicin resistance in multidrug-resistant TB co-infected with HIV, and the development of nanoadjuvants and labeled imaging agents for vaccination and detection. Other contributions examine performance and effectiveness of national TB control programs, patient knowledge and outcomes, and a range of extrapulmonary presentations such as hepatic pseudotumor tuberculosis, intestinal tuberculosis revealed by peritonitis, and duodenocolic fistula. Additional work addresses zoonotic aspects, including the effect of co-infection on bovine tuberculosis diagnosis. Together these studies reflect the field's emphasis on resistance, diagnosis, prevention, and the diverse clinical manifestations of TB.
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