Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered how the bacteria that causes tuberculosis fuels itself during infection, providing new insights into one of the world's ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are two distinct types of bacteria that can cause infections in the lungs and other parts of the body. Belonging to the same ...

Tuberculosis is a severe infectious disease that usually affects your lungs. When it spreads to your bones, it's known as skeletal tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is an airborne disease caused by a very ...

Disseminated tuberculosis is a type of tuberculosis (TB) where mycobacteria spread via blood to other organs beyond the lungs. It can cause severe multiple-organ damage in the absence of early ...

When the antibiotic bedaquiline was introduced in 2012, it was the first new tuberculosis drug in over 40 years. Bedaquiline quickly became the key drug in all standard drug-resistant tuberculosis ...

Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is an uncommon form of tuberculosis infection that usually occurs when Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects your gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Tuberculosis is a bacterial ...