IT HAS been shown that para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) has a definite bacteriostatic effect on human strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro 1–4 and in vivo. 3–9 It is also known that its ...

A 27-year-old male civil servant presented to a hospital in India with noduloulcerative lesions on both lower limbs. At presentation, the patient also had a low-grade continuous fever, malaise and ...

The pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has evolved to cause infection in many, but active disease in few. The World Health Organization estimates that one third of the planet's population ...

A team from the Institut Pasteur has recently shown that the tuberculosis bacillus hides from the immune system in its host's fat cells. This formidable pathogen is protected against even the most ...

In order to assess the clinical value of microscopy for acid-fast bacilli (AFB), the results of 3,207 clinical specimens submitted for mycobacterial smear and culture were analyzed. Mycobacteria grew ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to Mandal and Margaretten, the patient had tested negative for TB via a purified protein derivative ...