… The bacterial infections of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts may run a rapidly fatal
course. Tuberculosis, on the other … The studies of bacterial diseases have relied heavily on …

… kansasii infection is chronic pulmonary disease that resembles tuberculosis, but many
other organ systems may be involved. This organism-after MAC-is the second most common …

… But what is the role of the TB bacillus in the progression of the granuloma? This … tuberculosis
influences granuloma formation and maintenance, and ensures the spread of the disease. …

… agent of tuberculosis but later, other members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (…
(NTM) and more recently, mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTTs) have been identified …

… tuberculosis (TB) disease are incompletely understood. Accumulating evidence suggests that
one driver of geographic variation in TB disease … genotypes that cause TB disease and (2) …

… of the AIDS epidemic with tuberculosis all suggest that CNS tuberculosis will remain a …
describe the disease under headings of (1) cranial tuberculosis and (2) spinal tuberculosis. …

… that are- so spectacularly effective against other bacteria. The common antibiotics such as …
in tuberculosis. In this intractableness, tuberculosis is almost unique among bacterial diseases…

… tools and strategies to control TB [3]. Here we review the recent history of TB research and
some of the latest insights into the evolutionary history of the disease. We then discuss ways …

… of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is quite varied … of developing clinically evident
tuberculosis after being infected … in determining the risk of developing tuberculosis. In specific …

… This review will highlight the history of TB as well as provide an overview of the current …
, treatment, and control of TB. In this race to combat a disease that knows no boundaries, it is …