From the Vault: A Malaysian lecturer's tuberculosis (TB) experience

Every morning, Dr Mohd Usman has to take his TB medications around the same time without missing a single dose, or else he will have to start the entire six-to-eight-month regimen all over again. Photos: Dr MOHD USMAN MOHD JUNAIDI

It all started in September 2023 with a nightly low-grade fever that would come and go.

For two months, senior lecturer Dr Mohd Usman Mohd Junaidi tolerated the “warm” feeling,