ABSTRACT Objectives The World Health Organization estimated that a quarter of the global
population is infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). A better control of tuberculosis …

Mycobacterial infections, both tuberculosis and nontuberculous, are more common in
patients with haematological malignancies and haematopoietic stem cell transplant …

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy (TPT) decreases the risk of
developing TB disease and its associated morbidity and mortality. The aim of these clinical …

Tuberculosis has affected humankind for thousands of years, but a deeper understanding of
its cause and transmission only arose after Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is known to evade host immune responses and persist in
macrophages for long periods. A mechanism that the host uses to combat Mtb is xenophagy …

Background Subclinical tuberculosis has been increasingly recognized as a separate state
in the spectrum of the disease. However, evidence on the transmissibility of subclinical …

Cough assessment is central to the clinical management of respiratory diseases, including
tuberculosis (TB), but strategies to objectively and unobtrusively measure cough are lacking …

Introduction Despite huge efforts, tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health threat
worldwide, it is estimated that a quarter of the global population is infected by …

Tuberculosis infection (TBI) is defined as a state of infection in which individuals host live
Mycobacterium tuberculosis with or without clinical signs of active TB. It is now understood …

Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has become a major source of active tuberculosis (ATB).
Although the tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assay can be used to …