Having tuberculosis carries a high risk of long-term medical complications

Menon S, Harries AD, Dlodlo RA, Badoum G, Dogo MF, Mbitikon OB, Sinha P, Lin Y, Jaju J, Soe AN, Singh A, Kalottee B, Koura KG. Beyond Cure: A Scoping Review of Post-Tuberculosis Long-Term Health Outcomes.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed11070203

Paper 5 demonstrates that tuberculosis survivors face significant long-term pulmonary, hepatic, auditory, and malignant health outcomes beyond microbiological cure.

Min J, Jeong Y, Kim HW, Choi H, Sohn H, Lipman M, Kim JS. Post-tuberculosis Health: A Holistic Perspective on Multisystem Sequelae and Long-Term Wellbeing.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2025.0120

Paper 6 notes that tuberculosis survivors frequently experience multisystem physical, cardiovascular, and neurological sequelae.

Cortacans M, Gogichadze N, Soldevilla P, Stojanovic Z, Akkerman O, Duarte R, Vilaplana C. Secondary infections following tuberculosis: epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical implications.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0055-2025

Paper 9 explains how residual structural lung damage and immune dysregulation create long-term risks for secondary infections and chronic pulmonary conditions following tuberculosis.

Seo JH, Lim JH. Comorbidity severity adjusted model for predicting mortality in hospitalized patients with COPD.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0348191

Paper 10 identifies the sequelae of tuberculosis as a key contributor to severe multimorbidity and high-risk health profiles in chronic conditions like COPD.

Rivera A, Muñoz H, Dunaway TA. Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting As Scrofuloderma and Tuberculous Meningitis With Ischemic Stroke in the Absence of a Pulmonary Disease.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.108498

Paper 11 documents severe central nervous system complications, such as tuberculous meningitis and ischemic stroke, resulting from disseminated tuberculosis.