Background Chronic respiratory disease causes substantial global morbidity and mortality.
The contribution of pulmonary tuberculosis to the aetiology of chronic respiratory disease is …

Background Prior pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) can cause permanent changes in lung
anatomy and is associated with lung function loss. However, it remains unclear whether …

Objectives Reviewed the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, mechanisms, and treatment
of tuberculosis associated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Data source We searched …

Background Both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and tuberculosis (TB)
primarily affect the lungs and are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. COPD …

Globally, the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is declining very slowly, and the
noncommunicable disease (NCD) burden for many countries is steadily increasing. Several …

Background An association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and
tuberculosis (TB) has been described, mainly due to smoking and corticosteroid use …

Abstract The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program was started in India in 1997.
There has been no nationwide survey to assess the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis …

Rationale: Previous case-control studies and a small number of cohort studies in high-risk
populations have found an association between tobacco and active tuberculosis, but no …

OBJECTIVES: To assess the strength of evidence in published articles for an association
between smoking and passive exposure to tobacco smoke and various manifestations and …

The 18th WHO Global Tuberculosis Annual Report indicates that there were an estimated
8.6 million incident cases of tuberculosis (TB) in 2012, which included 2.9 million women …