An estimated 58 million people have survived tuberculosis since 2000, yet many of them will
suffer from post-tuberculosis lung disease (PTLD). PTLD results from a complex interplay …

Background A substantial proportion of tuberculosis patients remain with pulmonary
symptoms and reduced physical capacity despite successful treatment. We performed a …

TB affects around 10.6 million people each year and there are now around 155 million TB
survivors. TB and its treatments can lead to permanently impaired health and wellbeing. In …

BACKGROUND: Post-TB lung disease (PTLD) is an important but under-recognised chronic
respiratory disease in high TB burden settings such as Tanzania. METHODS: This was a …

Background Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) can result in long-term health consequences,
even after successful treatment. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to …

BACKGROUND: Persistent respiratory symptoms and lung function deficits are common
after patients with TB. We aimed to define the burden of post-TB lung disease (PTLD) and …

Importance Little is known about whether digital adherence technologies are economical for
patients with tuberculosis (TB) in resource-constrained settings. Objective To test the …

The year 2020 will likely be remembered as the year dominated by COVID-19, or
coronavirus disease. The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

In 2019 10 million people developed symptomatic tuberculosis (TB) disease and 1.2 million
died. In active TB the inflammatory response causes tissue destruction, which leads to both …

Introduction Despite growing evidence of the long-term impact of tuberculosis (TB) on quality
of life, Global Burden of Disease (GBD) estimates of TB-related disability-adjusted life years …