TB is an infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Left image: An anteroposterior X-ray of a patient diagnosed with advanced bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis. This AP X-ray of the chest reveals the presence of bilateral pulmonary infiltrate (white triangles), and ’caving formation’ (black arrows) present in the right apical region. Credit, Public Health Image Library (PHIL), on wikimedia commons. CC BY 2.0
TB is an infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Left image: An anteroposterior X-ray of a patient diagnosed with advanced bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis. This AP X-ray of the chest reveals the presence of bilateral pulmonary infiltrate (white triangles), and 'caving formation' (black arrows) present in the right apical region. Credit, Public Health Image Library (PHIL), on wikimedia commons. CC BY 2. A pioneering study by UCL scientists has discovered the presence of a harmful inflammatory protein in patients with symptomatic tuberculosis (TB). Researchers say, by targeting the IL-17 cytokine, a component produced naturally by the immune system in response to infection, excessive and damaging lung inflammation caused by TB may be significantly reduced to help speed up patient recovery. TB is an infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is the leading cause of death from infections worldwide.
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