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  • Symptoms

    A chronic productive cough, shortness of breath, weight loss, fever, night sweats and fatigue are the classic symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis. However, these symptoms can...

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  • Symptoms

    The most common symptom of TB in the lungs (often called pulmonary TB) is a cough that won't go away, which produces phlegm or mucus...

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  • TB study points to drugs to halt lung destruction

    Scientists have identified a key enzyme responsible for destroying lung tissue in tuberculosis (TB) and say the finding could lead swiftly to new treatments for the highly infectious disease.

    25 April 2011 | Reuters
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