Background Vitamin D was used to treat tuberculosis in the pre-antibiotic era, and its
metabolites induce antimycobacterial immunity in vitro. Clinical trials investigating the effect of …

Rationale: Vitamin D was used to treat tuberculosis (TB) in the preantibiotic era. Prospective
studies to evaluate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on antimycobacterial immunity …

Neutrophils contain antimicrobial peptides with antituberculous activity, but their contribution
to immune resistance to tuberculosis (TB) infection has not been previously investigated to …

Calcidiol, the major circulating metabolite of vitamin D, supports induction of pleiotropic
antimicrobial responses in vitro. Vitamin D supplementation elevates circulating calcidiol …

1 Falzon D, Jaramillo E, Schunemann HJ, et al. WHO guidelines for the programmatic
management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: 516–528. 2 …

Distinct phylogenetic lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) cause disease in
patients of particular genetic ancestry, and elicit different patterns of cytokine and chemokine …

Objective: To explore reasons for increased risk of hospital admission among south Asian
patients with asthma. Design: Qualitative interview study using modified critical incident …

Introduction The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has increased over the last two decades.
Many patients with TB preferentially access healthcare via the emergency department (ED) …

A patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus and porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT)
is described, who subsequently died of hepatocellular carcinoma. The literature relating PCT …

In their article (1), Dr. Wejse and colleagues reported the finding that patients with tuberculosis
(TB) who were allocated to placebo in a treatment trial experienced a rise in serum 25-…