Low body mass index, anemia, tobacco smoking, and coinfection are associated with postoperative complications in patients with tuberculosis destroyed lung, according to the results of a recent Chinese study published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who had linezolid added to their treatment regimen for either 2 or 4 weeks did not have higher culture conversion rates compared with individuals who received standard treatment, according to study results published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Healthcare workers participating in annual tuberculosis screening had differences in interferon (IFN)-γ level depending on blood draw methods, according to study results published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.