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

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

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).

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 ...