Abstract Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the only licenced tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, but
has limited efficacy against pulmonary TB disease development and modest protection …

Most antibiotics are produced by soil microbes and typically interfere with macromolecular
synthesis processes as their antibacterial mechanism of action. These natural products are …

Background. Hematological abnormalities are common in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)
patients, which is one of the major public health problems worldwide. However, there is …

Abstract To achieve the End Tuberculosis (TB) Strategy, it is important to understand the
characteristics of TB in China, which may provide the government with important clues for …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem, in the top 10 causes
of death. As a regulator of the immune response, T-helper (Th) cells activate other …

Abstract Setting It is estimated that 25% of the world's population are infected with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and that 463 million people are living with diabetes mellitus …

Previously, we found that pathological immune responses enhance the mortality rate of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)-infected mice with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In the …

Objective To determine the prevalence and determinants of diabetes mellitus (DM) among
tuberculosis (TB) patients and to assess the additional yield and number needed to screen …

Tuberkulosis (TB) masih merupakan penyakit menular tertinggi di Indonesia dan menjadi
perhatian khusus pemerintah. Berbagai upaya dilakukan untuk mengurangi kejadian TB …

Objective This systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken to estimate the
prevalence of tuberculosis in diabetic patients and to determine the effect of cigarette …