Tuberculosis continues to cause an unacceptably high toll of disease and death among
children worldwide, particularly in the wake of the HIV epidemic. Increased international travel …

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 …

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis, and its biologically
active metabolite, 1α, 25 dihydroxyvitamin D 3 (1α, 25 (OH) 2 D 3), has pleiotropic immune …

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

Extracts from forty-three plant species were selected on account of reported traditional uses
for the treatment of TB and/or leprosy. These were assayed for antimycobacterial activities. A …

Azithromycin is a potent macrolide antibiotic with poorly understood antiinflammatory properties.
Long-term use of azithromycin in patients with chronic inflammatory lung diseases, such …

Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by several species of mycobacteria. Due
to multi‐drug resistant strains of mycobacteria and to a high prevalence of tuberculosis in …

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) can degrade all components of pulmonary extracellular
matrix. Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces production of a number of these enzymes by …

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Background Pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at increased
risk for severe illness compared with nonpregnant women. Data to assess risk factors for …