Coughing, with blood-tinged sputum (phlegm that comes from deep inside the lungs); fever, weight loss and night sweats are ...

With scrofula, the bacteria settle in the lymph nodes in your neck instead of infecting your lungs.‌ Scrofula is less common than tuberculosis in the lungs. Only about 5% of tuberculosis cases ...

Common symptoms of pediatric tuberculosis include prolonged cough, wheezing, weight loss, loss of appetite, respiratory symptoms, failure to thrive, swelling of the lymph nodes, fever and night ...

With the possibility of tuberculosis in mind, one then looks for local and general lymphatic involvement, including an enlargement of the spleen. Whereas the hilar lymph nodes are frequently ...

Cervical lymphadenitis is a specific infection of the cervical lymph nodes. It’s often caused by bacteria or a virus. For example, Mycobacterium tuberculosis can lead to nontuberculous cervical ...

Tuberculosis is a common infectious disease in the lungs, but tuberculosis bacteria can cause infection in almost all parts ...

such as a lymph node or bone. Most often, TB spreads through the air when an individual with TB speaks or coughs. M. tuberculosis can stay airborne for several hours and spreads more readily in ...

such as tuberculosis. People who experience chest pain or pressure, breathing difficulties, or other symptoms of swollen chest lymph nodes should see a doctor as quickly as possible. The doctor ...

In the Middle Ages, Europe was afflicted by scrofula, a strain of tuberculosis that affects the cervical lymph nodes. In France and England, it was widely believed that a king’s touch could heal ...

Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Chest X-ray shows interstitial ... researchers identified more bacterial dissemination across lungs and lymph nodes, suggesting that innate CD8+ cells create a bottleneck ...