Tuberculosis (TB), a major global health issue, affects millions worldwide with latent and active infections. This airborne ...

More information: Chanchal Sur Chowdhury et al, Type I IFN-mediated NET release promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis replication and is associated with granuloma caseation, Cell Host & Microbe (2024).

Histopathology of right fallopian tube showing chronic inflammatory cell infiltration and granuloma formation ... for acid-fast bacilli grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis-complex organisms that ...

The following is a summary of “Microbiological aspects and clinical impact of lower lung field tuberculosis: An observational ...

Different types of immune cells form, so-called granulomas, in which M. tuberculosis can survive for years (latent infection). They fall into a permanently inactive state with reduced metabolic ...