TB drugs

17 per cent more TB cases reported in 2018 in India

In 2018, 21.5 lakh tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported to the government, as compared to 18 lakh in 2017, an increase of 17 per cent in one year.
New drug to fight multi-drug resistant TB soon in UP

A new drug known as delamanid would be introduced in UP in the third quarter of the year, as per the central guidelines.
TB remains world's deadliest infectious disease, says WHO

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's deadliest infectious disease although global efforts have averted an estimated 54 million tuberculosis (TB) deaths since 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned.
Telangana health officials to distribute free MDR-TB drug

Bedaquiline drug-resistant TB treatment regimen has come as a ray of hope for patients in the last few years and it renders patients non-infectious to other contacts much faster.
Combat drug addiction with this new therapy

Researchers have developed a treatment that may help reverse chemical imbalances made to the brain by habitual drug use and could one day help recovering drug addicts avoid future drug use.
Higher rifampin can be more effective to fight TB

Turns out, higher dose of rifampin, an antibiotic to treat several types of bacterial infections, can kill more tuberculosis bacteria in sputum cultures without increasing the adverse effects of treatment.
IPL 2018: Significant numbers of Indians suffer from tuberculosis including drug-resistant tuberculosis

Facts and new methods on treatment discussed at the 12th Interventional Pulmonology League (IPL 2018) organized by Institute of Pulmonology Medical Research & Development, in Mumbai.
TB: Is tolerating better than eliminating?

Turns out, tolerating an infection without eliminating a pathogen is far more beneficial than simply killing it.
Role of neonatal BCG vaccination in TB protection among children

WHO says Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death globally resulting in 1.8 million deaths in 2016 alone.
Why migrants must not be left behind in the fight against TB

The WHO TB statistics for India 2016 give an estimated incidence figure of 2.79 million cases.
New TB vaccination tested on monkeys show positive results

If the human testing also shows positive results we can curb TB to a large extent.
This new substance may combat tuberculosis

The substance, called beta lactone EZ120, interferes with the formation of the bacterium's mycomembrane.
Tuberculosis: Health ministry launches door-to-door campaign for early TB diagnosis

The government plans to eradicate TB by 2025 even though the WHO has set the target period as 2030.
Health ministry rolls out daily drug regimen for tuberculosis

As per the new policy, the patients will be given fixed drug combinations (FDCs), three or four drugs in a single pill daily -- being administered thrice a week till now.
Government rolls out daily drug regimen for tuberculosis

Since 1997, under the RNTCP, patients were being given drugs thrice a week (the intermittent drug regimen).
New model of tracking TB patients holds promise for India

A new ray of hope TB patients for better diagnosis and treatment.
Here's why you should think before you have antibiotics
First human study of a new TB drug
Why the TB drug regimen needs further clinical trials
Should we be cautious about new TB drug?