Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis: Introduction
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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symptoms of Tuberculosis
Home Diagnostic Testing
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- Kidney Health: Home Testing:
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Tuberculosis: Complications
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Disease Topics Related To Tuberculosis
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Medical Textbooks Online about Tuberculosis
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Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis
- 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
- more tests...»
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diagnostic tests for Tuberculosis
Wrongly Diagnosed with Tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis: Self Assessment Tools
Tuberculosis: Medical Mistakes
Tuberculosis: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers
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Tuberculosis: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Tuberculosis
Chronic lung diseases hard to diagnose: Some of the chronic lung diseases
are difficult to diagnose.
Even the well-knowns conditions such as asthma...read more »
Blindness in Tuberculosis could be drug- induced: Pulmonary tuberculosis is the infection of lung caused by the organism
called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The involvement of the lungs is the...read more »
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Tuberculosis: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Hospitals & Clinics: Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis: Rare Types
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Causes of Tuberculosis
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Treatments for Tuberculosis
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treatments for Tuberculosis
News Archives for Tuberculosis
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Source: HealthDay News
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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:
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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
Tuberculosis: Broader Related Topics
Types of 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.
- more types...»
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Curable Types of Tuberculosis
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Rare Types of Tuberculosis:
Rare types of Tuberculosis include:
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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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