Antibiotic treatments are losing effectiveness against a range of common bacterial pathogens, including E. coli, K.

Although drug-resistant tuberculosis is so deadly in part because some first-choice antibiotics fail to kill TB bacteria, the TB bacteria may also be undermining the body’s ability to defend itself, a ...

A study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found that certain antibodies inhibit Mycobacterium ...

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling it can cause in babies and toddlers. But the vaccine doesn't prevent adults ...

An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans. The ...

Though tuberculosis is rare in the United States as compared to developing countries, the region has some of the highest rates in the state.