A past history of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a risk factor for long-term respiratory
impairment. Post-TB lung dysfunction often goes unrecognised, despite its relatively high …

The tuberculosis (TB) epidemic is most prevalent in the elderly, and there is a progressive
increase in the notification rate with age. Most cases of TB in the elderly are linked to the …

Post primary tuberculosis occurs in immunocompetent adults, is restricted to the lungs and
accounts for 80% of all clinical cases and nearly 100% of transmission of infection. The …

In the United States, a total of 21,337 cases of TB (rate, 8.0 per 100,000) were reported to
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1996, representing the lowest …

Pulmonary tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis when droplet nuclei laden
with bacilli are inhaled. In accordance with the virulence of the organism and the defenses of …

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a common worldwide lung infection. The radiological
features show considerable variation, but in most cases they are characteristic enough to …

Tuberculosis, once thought to have been controlled, is now resurgent in many parts of the
world. Many gaps exist in understanding the pathogenesis of tuberculosis, especially …

This review on pulmonary tuberculosis includes an introduction that describes how the lung
is the portal of entry for the tuberculosis bacilli to enter the body and then spread to the rest …

The tree-in-bud pattern is commonly seen at thin-section computed tomography (CT) of the
lungs. It consists of small centrilobular nodules of soft-tissue attenuation connected to …

Objectives (1) To correlate structure (CT) with function in pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), and
(2) to describe the evolution of structural and functional abnormalities when pulmonary TB is …