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Fungal co-infection as an aggravated challenge for treatment of Tuberculosis

Scientific India

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November - December 2020

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), a serious problem for the whole world. TB is one of the top 10 causes of deaths worldwide.

- Jatin Yadav and Zeeshan Fatima

Fungal co-infection as an aggravated challenge for treatment of Tuberculosis

Peoples infected with MTB called latent TB have a 515% lifetime risk of falling ill with active TB. Annually around 3 million death have been reported where 2 million adults and 1 million children are included. There are several types of TB primarily pulmonary TB (PTB) which is not common but extra-pulmonary TB (bone, intestine, eye) are also highly prevalent.

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