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Introduction: Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacteria that usually causes disease in the lung. Many people become symptom-free carriers of the TB bacteria. Although common and deadly in the third world, tuberculosis was almost non-existent in the developed world, but has been making a recent resurgence. Certain drug-resistant strains are emerging and people with immune suppression such as AIDS or poor health are becoming carriers.

Symptoms of Tuberculosis

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Medical Textbooks Online about Tuberculosis

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis

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  • Chest x-ray
  • TB skin test - also called Mantoux test or purified protein derivative (PPD) test
  • Sputum test for tuberculosis
  • Lung fluid tests for tuberculosis
  • Biopsy

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Tuberculosis?

Misdiagnosis and Tuberculosis

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Causes of Tuberculosis

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Treatments for Tuberculosis

  • Antibiotic combination therapy - using more than one antibiotic reduces the risk of resistance.
  • Isoniazid (INH)/rifampicin combination
  • Pyrazinamide
  • Ethambutol
  • Rifampicin

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Prognosis for Tuberculosis

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Reseach about Tuberculosis

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Clinical Trials for Tuberculosis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Tuberculosis include:

See full list of 123 Clinical Trials for Tuberculosis

Prevention of Tuberculosis

Prevention information for Tuberculosis has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Tuberculosis.

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Statistics for Tuberculosis

Types of Tuberculosis

  • Active TB - fully active TB disease
  • Latent TB infections - an inactive form; also just called "TB infection"; about 10 to 15 million people in the United States
  • Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) - newer TB strains that are resistant to many drugs.
  • Miliary tuberculosis - causing multiple abscesses in various body parts.

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Article Excerpts about Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

Tuberculosis (TB), a chronic bacterial infection, causes more deaths worldwide than any other infectious disease. TB is spread through the air and usually infects the lungs, although other organs are sometimes involved. Some 2 billion people — one-third of the world's population — are infected with the TB organism, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (Source: excerpt from Tuberculosis, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Tuberculosis: NWHIC (Excerpt)

TB, or tuberculosis, is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria can attack any part of your body, but they usually attack the lungs. TB disease was once the leading cause of death in the United States. (Source: excerpt from Tuberculosis: NWHIC)

Definitions of Tuberculosis:

A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Tuberculosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Tuberculosis, or a subtype of Tuberculosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Tuberculosis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet


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