and tuberculous brain abscesses. Mixed intracranial tuberculosis refers to the presence of both meningeal tuberculosis and brain parenchymal tuberculosis in the same case (Figure 1). All statistical ...

Brain abscesses are localized infections within the brain that can arise from various sources, including dental infections, trauma, or the spread of infection from other parts of the body.

This study presents TBorNotTB, a CDSS designed to improve TB evaluation and streamline isolation decisions, reducing labor ...

Tuberculosis can lead to red or purple swelling under the skin if the lymph nodes are infected, headache or confusion should the brain be infected, or blood in the uring of people with infected ...

Kansas is experiencing its most significant tuberculosis outbreak, with 67 active and 79 latent cases reported in Wyandotte and Johnson counties. Despite the outbreak's scale, health officials ...

The airborne disease is spreading in the Kansas City metro area.

Emerging drug-resistant strains are posing significant challenges to the global fight against tuberculosis (TB) and it is a critical task to detect treatment failure as early as possible.

Study finds three new safe and effective drug regimens to fight multidrug-resistant TB. The treatments, which include recently discovered TB drugs, give new options for shorter, personalized treatment ...

A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the ...

So far, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB related to the outbreak. Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health ...

Local health officials reported this month that the state is in the midst of a large outbreak of tuberculosis—reportedly now the largest outbreak of the disease ever documented in the United States.