**Summary:** This review addresses the importance of quantitative computed tomography (QCT) in evaluating extrapulmonary comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ...

Recognizing the signs and symptoms Tuberculosis primarily affects the lungs (pulmonary TB), but can invade other body systems (extrapulmonary TB), including the kidneys, spine, brain, and lymph nodes.

Extrapulmonary TB: Most forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (affecting areas outside the lungs) are minimally contagious or non-contagious. The exception is laryngeal TB, which can be highly ...

Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is emerging as a growing concern for the medical community in Himachal Pradesh, affecting organs beyond the lungs, including the lymph nodes, pleura, bones ...

While pulmonary TB, which affects the lungs, remains the most commonly diagnosed form, cases of extrapulmonary TB — affecting organs such as the kidneys, bones, and brain — are also on the rise.

Peritoneal tuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health issue in regions where the disease is endemic, ranking as the sixth most prevalent form of extrapulmonary TB, constituting ~3% of all ...

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 9,633 reported tuberculosis cases in the US in 2023, a 15.6% increase from 2022. To put that into perspective, that's an ...

Key takeaways: Of 111,155 tuberculosis diagnoses, researchers found 2,892 patients had kidney failure. The annual tuberculosis rate ranged from 26.1 to 45.4 per 100,000 patients with kidney failure.

Tuberculosis may increase diabetes risk through disrupted liver metabolism. Undiagnosed or late-diagnosed tuberculosis could lead to metabolic health issues. Screening for metabolic health could be ...

Tuberculosis can change liver metabolism and cause diabetes, new study reveals The study first used laboratory models of pulmonary TB to examine the changes happening within the liver during the ...

Altered hepatic metabolic landscape and insulin sensitivity in response to pulmonary tuberculosis. PLOS Pathogens, 2024; 20 (9): e1012565 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012565 ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis alters the immunometabolic landscape of the liver. Credit: PLOS Pathogens (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012565 ...