Tuberculosis (TB) -- Topic Overview What is tuberculosis? tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs (pulmonary http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/hw207304.asp
Extractions: Topic Overview Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that is most often found in the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can spread to other parts of the body (extrapulmonary TB). TB in the lungs is easily spread to other people through coughing or laughing. Treatment is often successful, though the process is long. Treatment time averages between 6 and 9 months. Tuberculosis is either latent (dormant) or active.
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Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program State of Wisconsin tuberculosis Program. tuberculosis Treatment Recommendations revised (Exit DHFS to CDC site, PDF). Frequently Asked Questions http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/dph_bcd/TB/
Extractions: Topics A-Z Reference Center Search Resources for Providers ... Communicable Diseases Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program Draft Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005 available for public comment. (Exit DHFS) Tuberculosis Treatment Recommendations - revised (Exit DHFS to CDC site, PDF) Tuberculosis Treatment Recommendations - revised (Exit DHFS to ATS site, PDF) Tuberculosis Treatment Recommendations - revised, with bookmarks (same document, with table of contents bookmarks added to allow easy document navigation) (PDF, 778 KB) Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection one-page memo listing key points and resources (PDF, 110 KB) Effective Practice Guidelines AFB's of Reporting
OI: Turberculosis -- ÆGIS A comprehensive resource on tuberculosis and HIV infection, from AEGIS. http://www.aegis.com/topics/oi/oi-tb.html
Extractions: "MDR-TB" (multi-drug resistant TB) This is part of a series on Opportunistic Infections ("OIs"). Please note that This Page Is Just A Starting Point: who specializes in treating HIV. Finding The Latest Information: Advances in treating opportunistic infections can happen at any time, so the material on this page may be outdated. Some links in the see also section at the bottom of this page are actually special database links. They may contain information published after this page was written. Tuberculosis (TB) is a dangerous often deadly disease. Testing, preventative measures, and aggressive treatment are important. TB is the most common opportunistic infection. Infection with Mycobacterium tuburculosis Infection: TB is transmitted when a person with active TB coughs or sneezes, releasing microscopic particles into the air. These particles, also called droplet nuclei, contain live tubercle bacteria, and may result in infection when inhaled by another person. Once infected by TB, most people, remain healthy and develop only latent infection. People with latent infection are neither sick nor infectious. However, they do have the potential to become sick and infectious with active TB. ( GMHC An earli OI: Active TB often occurs early in the course of HIV infection, often months or years before other OIs. In fact, TB may be the first indication that a person is HIV-infected. TB also causes disease outside the lungs of HIV-infected people, particularly in the later stages of AIDS. (
Extractions: WEB SERVICES: WASHINGTON (Reuters) A new and improved vaccine against tuberculosis might be ready for testing in people as early as next year, researchers said Wednesday. They said their vaccine, based on a formulation nearly a century old, was dramatically better and protected all tested guinea pigs against disease.
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis CDC1551 Information tuberculosisThe history of tuberculosis in different countries is therefore analysed. Based on the above, the tuberculosis mortality rate in Sweden and Finland from http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/CMR2/GenomePage3.spl?database=gmt
TBC India An information site providing vital information about the status of the RNTCP, Revised National tuberculosis Programme being implemented in India. http://www.tbcindia.org
Extractions: In terms of population coverage, India now has the second largest DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short course) programme in the world. However, Indias DOTS programme is the fastest expanding programme, and the largest in the world in terms of patients initiated on treatment, placing more than 100,000 patients on treatment every month. This site provides information about tuberculosis and its control in India. WHO-recommended Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course (DOTS) strategy was launched formally as Revised National TB Control programme in India in 1997 after pilot testing from 1993-1996. Since then DOTS has been widely advocated and successfully applied.
Extractions: Advanced Search familydoctor.org Home Conditions A to Z Infections ... Common Infections Tuberculosis What is tuberculosis? What does it mean if I have a positive test? Do I have tuberculosis if I have a positive PPD test? Would I know if I developed active tuberculosis? ... Could I still get active tuberculosis after I take the medicine for 6 months? Printer-friendly version Email this article Tuberculosis (say: "too-burr-cue-low-sis"), also called TB, is an infection caused by a bacteria (a germ). Tuberculosis usually affects the lungs, but it can spread to the kidneys, bones, spine, brain and other parts of the body. Return to top The most commonly used skin test to check for tuberculosis is the PPD. If you have a positive PPD, it means you have been exposed to a person who has tuberculosis and you are now infected with the bacteria that causes the disease. Return to top Not necessarily. A person can be infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis and not have tuberculosis disease. Many people are infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis, but only a few of these people (about 10%) go on to develop the disease. People who have the disease are said to have "active" tuberculosis.
Extractions: NEWARK, New Jersey (CNN) Tuberculosis rarely crosses the minds of most Americans. Maybe that's because cases of the disease have been declining for more than a century. But experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are gathering in Atlanta this week to discuss among other things the importance of keeping their guard up when it comes to infectious diseases like TB. There were 16,000 cases of TB registered in the United States last year. That's still a decline but the numbers are leveling off. What concerns researchers is the fact that some newer strains of TB are resistant to standard treatments. And these strains are spreading. "TB changed my life drastically, I haven't worked in four years," says one patient who wishes to remain anonymous. He has a resistant strain of TB and is left with one option have part of his lung removed.
Extractions: Advanced Search familydoctor.org Home Conditions A to Z Infections ... Common Infections Treatment of Tuberculosis Infection What is tuberculosis? What does my test show? How will my doctor treat the tuberculosis infection? Printer-friendly version Email this article Tuberculosis (say "too-burr-cue-low-sis"), also called TB, is an infection caused by a bacteria (a germ). Tuberculosis usually affects the lungs, but it can spread to the kidneys, bones, spine, brain and other parts of the body. Return to top Your tuberculosis skin test (also called a PPD test) shows that you've been infected with the germ that causes tuberculosis. You became infected when you came in contact with someone who had tuberculosis. The kind of tuberculosis infection you have is a mild infection. It is not what is called "active tuberculosis," when people have symptoms such as a cough, fever, night sweats, loss of energy or appetite and weight loss. Even though you don't have symptoms, you will need to take medicine to get rid of the infection. Return to top How will my doctor treat the tuberculosis infection?
Tuberculosis - Index- Pulmonology In 1993, WHO (the World Health Organization) declared tuberculosis a global emergency. tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for the deaths of more youths and adults than any other infectious disease. http://www.pulmonologychannel.com/tuberculosis/
Extractions: Overview In 1993, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared tuberculosis a global emergency. Tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for more deaths than any other infectious disease. Once called consumption, TB is a highly contagious, persistent disease characterized by the formation of hard grayish nodules, or tubercles. The disease is most often caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and usually occurs in the lungs (the initial site of infection), but it also can occur in other organs. Because its signs and symptoms are easily confused with those of many other (usually respiratory) diseases, tuberculosis can be difficult to diagnose. Common symptoms are cough that is worse in the morning and may include hemoptysis (i.e., blood in the sputum), chest pain, night sweats, and breathlessness (dyspnea). Ninety percent of those infected with M. tuberculosis
Institute For Tuberculosis Research The Institute for tuberculosis Research based at the University of Illinois at Chicago specializes in advanced research and new drug discovery and delivery http://www.uic.edu/pharmacy/research/itr/
Extractions: Mycobacterium tuberculosis , the etiologic agent of tuberculosis (TB), is responsible for more deaths than any other single bacterial species. The disease must be treated with multiple drugs to prevent the selection of drug resistant strains . Drug-sensitive tuberculosis (TB) is usually curable in 6 months if all drugs are taken regularly, however pati ent non-compliance, incorrect prescribing and irregular drug supply can all contribute to treatment failure and the selection for drug-resistant strains . Multiple drug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis has a much lower cure rate due to the lower efficacy and higher toxicity of the second-line drugs used in its treatment.
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Extractions: Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially fatal contagious disease that can affect almost any part of the body but is mainly an infection of the lungs. It is caused by a bacterial microorganism, the tubercle bacillus or Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Although TB can be treated, cured, and can be prevented if persons at risk take certain drugs, scientists have never come close to wiping it out. Few diseases have caused so much distressing illness for centuries and claimed so many lives. Description Tuberculosis was popularly known as consumption for a long time. Scientists know it as an infection caused by M. tuberculosis . In 1882, the microbiologist Robert Koch discovered the tubercle bacillus, at a time when one of every seven deaths in Europe was caused by TB. Because antibiotics were unknown, the only means of controlling the spread of infection was to isolate patients in private sanitoriums or hospitals limited to patients with TBa practice that continues to this day in many countries. The net effect of this pattern of treatment was to separate the study of tuberculosis from mainstream medicine. Entire organizations were set up to study not only the disease as it affected individual patients, but its impact on the society as a whole. At the turn of the twentieth century more than 80% of the population in the United States were infected before age 20, and tuberculosis was the single most common cause of death. By 1938 there were more than 700 TB hospitals in this country.
It's Your Health - Diseases It s Your Health is a series of topical and brief publications produced by Health Canada for the public, media and special interest groups. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/iyh/diseases/tuberculosis.html
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Extractions: The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Story Tools ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) The number of tuberculosis cases in the United States last year dropped by nearly 6 percent to an all-time low, federal officials said Thursday. HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library Men's Health Women's Health Care for the whole family The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 15,078 cases of TB were reported last year, a 5.7 percent drop from 15,989 in 2001. The decline was attributed to better public health prevention services. The CDC also said the national TB rate 5.2 cases per 100,000 people is the lowest recorded in the United States since reporting began in 1953. However, federal health officials said, TB rates among blacks are nearly eight times higher than for whites and are twice that of Hispanics. "Closing the gap in tuberculosis rates is essential if tuberculosis is to be eliminated in our country," said Dr. Kenneth Castro, director of the division of tuberculosis elimination at the CDC.
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Tuberculosis.net Resources for tuberculosis education, including a TB forum, images, FAQs. http://tuberculosis.net/
