1. Tuberculosis - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or tuberculosis) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Tuberculosis Classification and external resources Chest X-ray of a patient suffering from tuberculosis ICD A A ICD ... MeSH Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u b erculosis) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria , mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Tuberculosis most commonly attacks the lungs (as pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system , the lymphatic system , the circulatory system , the genitourinary system bones joints and even the skin . Other mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium bovis Mycobacterium africanum Mycobacterium canetti , and Mycobacterium microti can also cause tuberculosis, but these species do not usually infect healthy adults. One-third of the world's current population has been infected by TB, and new infections occur at a rate of one per second. Not everyone infected develops the full-blown disease; asymptomatic , latent infection is most common. However, one in ten latent infections will progress to active disease, which, if left untreated, kills more than half of its victims. In 2004, mortality and morbidity statistics included 14.6 million chronic active cases, 8.9 million new cases, and 1.6 million deaths, mostly in

2. Questions And Answers About TB Division of tuberculosis Elimination. Division of tuberculosis Elimination Attn Content Manager, DTBE Web site Centers for Disease Control and http://www.cdc.gov/tb/faqs/default.htm

Your Browser may may not support scripts. This script's purpose is strictly to display the date. Contents Home Questions and Answers About TB TB Guidelines Fact Sheets ... TB-Related Links Resources State TB Control Offices Order Publications TB Information Management TB Epidemiologic ... TB Trials Consortium DTBE Search Questions and Answers About TB, Return to DTBE Publications Page PDF is updated periodically. Therefore, the Internet version may differ from the print and PDF version. Table of Contents Introduction What is TB? Why is TB a problem today? How is TB spread? ... Glossary DTBE publications can be ordered using the online order system Last Modified: Last Reviewed: 04/18/2007 Content Source: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Back to Top of Page If you would like to order any of the DTBE publications please visit the online order form If you have difficulty accessing any material on the DTBE Web site because of a disability, please contact us in writing or via telephone and we will work with you to make the information available. Division of Tuberculosis Elimination Attn: Content Manager, DTBE Web site

3. MedlinePlus: Tuberculosis tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection caused by a germ called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but they can also http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tuberculosis.html

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4. Tuberculosis (TB) Symptoms, Cause, Transmission, Diagnosis And Treatment On Medi The Atlanta man was believed to be infected with the form of the tuberculosis bacteria known as extensively drugresistant TB, abbreviated XDR TB. http://www.medicinenet.com/tuberculosis/article.htm

About Us Site Map May 29, 2008 home lungs center lungs a-z list tuberculosis index > tuberculosis article Font Size A A A Tuberculosis Index ... Glossary Tuberculosis (TB) Medical Author: George Schiffman, MD Medical Editor: What is tuberculosis? How does a person get TB? What happens to the body when a person gets TB? How common is TB, and who gets it? ... Tuberculosis At A Glance Related tuberculosis articles: Tuberculosis - on WebMD CDC Issues Isolation Order for Man with TB Medical Author: Medical Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR In May 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order to quarantine a man who flew on two transatlantic flights with a rare, dangerous form of tuberculosis and potentially exposed passengers and crew to the infection. The Atlanta man was believed to be infected with the form of the tuberculosis bacteria known as "extensively drug-resistant" TB, abbreviated XDR TB. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs, and the infection is spread via air droplets released during coughing, spitting, sneezing, or talking. XDR TB causes the same symptoms that a person would develop with TB. If TB disease is present, cough and fever would be the predominant symptoms. XDR TB is a rare form of the disease that is resistant to the drugs routinely used to treat tuberculosis infections and is extremely difficult to treat. The few treatment options available for XDR TB are less effective and associated with worse outcomes than traditional antibiotic therapies for TB. In 2006, there were two documented cases of XDR TB in the U.S.

5. Chapter 4 - Tuberculosis - Yellow Book | CDC Travelers' Health Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rodshaped bacterium that can cause disseminated disease but is most frequently associated with chronic pneumonia. http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh4-TB.aspx

@import url('http://www.cdc.gov/css/global.css'); @import url('/travel/css.ashx?s=2'); @import url('/travel/css.ashx?s=1'); Welcome to the CDC Travelers' Health site. Skip directly to the search box site navigation , or content Primary Navigation for the CDC Website Home About CDC Press Room A-Z Index ... Contact Us Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC en Espa±ol Search: Go Button: Travelers' Health: Yellow Book CDC Health Information for International Travel 2008 Email this page Printer-friendly version Yellow Book Home Search Contents Maps ... Yellow Book Chapter 4 Prevention of Specific Infectious Diseases Previous - Chapter 4 : Trypanosomiasis, American (Chagas’ disease) Next - Chapter 4 : Typhoid Fever Tuberculosis Description Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rod-shaped bacterium that can cause disseminated disease but is most frequently associated with chronic pneumonia. Transmission occurs when a contagious patient coughs, spreading the bacilli through the airborne route to a person sharing the same air space. The exposed person may acquire latent infection (sometimes abbreviated LTBI) or, depending on host factors, tuberculosis disease. Both conditions can usually be treated successfully with medications (1). Multi-drug resistant or MDR-TB is TB resistant to at least two of the most effective drugs, isoniazid and rifampin (also called first-line drugs). XDR-TB is resistant to at least these two drugs and three of the six second-line drugs used to treat MDR-TB.

6. ScienceDirect - Tuberculosis, Volume 88, Issue 3, Pages 171-272 (May 2008) Plasma granulysin levels and cellular interferon production correlate with curative host responses in tuberculosis, while plasma interferon- levels http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14729792

Athens/Institution Login Not Registered? User Name: Password: Remember me on this computer Forgotten password? Home Browse - selected ... Help Quick Search Title, abstract, keywords Author Journal/book title Volume Issue Page Tuberculosis Shortcut URL to this page: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14729792 Publication History Formerly known as Tubercle and Lung Disease Alert me about new Journal Issues Add to Favorites setCheckedBoxes ('/scidirimg/sci_dir', 'btn_apply1.gif', 'btn_apply1.gif'); Font Size: Sample Issue Online About this Journal Submit your Article = Full-text available = Non-subscribed What does this mean? Articles in Press Volume 88 (2008) Volume 88, Issue 3 - selected pp. 171-272 (May 2008) Volume 88, Issue 2 pp. 1-169 (March 2008) Handbook of Anti-Tuberculosis Agents Volume 88, Issue 1 pp. 1-84 (January 2008) Volume 87 (2007) Volume 86 (2006) Volume 85 (2005) Volume 84 (2004) ... Volume 81 (2001) Volume 88, Issue 3, Pages 171-272 (May 2008) Add to my Quick Links Open All Previews articles Editorial Board Page i Preview Purchase PDF (94 K) Related Articles Selection of genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis upregulated during residence in lungs of infected mice Pages 171-177 Vikas Srivastava, Anamika Jain, Brahm S. Srivastava, Ranjana Srivastava

7. Tuberculosis (TB) - American Lung Association Site tuberculosis (often called TB) is an infectious disease that usually attacks the lungs, but can attack almost any part of the body. tuberculosis is spread http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35778

8. WHO A WORLD FREE OF TB tuberculosis is an airborne infectious disease that is preventable and curable. People ill with TB bacteria in their lungs can infect others when they cough http://www.who.int/tb/

9. Tuberculosis tuberculosis (TB) was the eighth leading cause of death in children ages 1 to 4 years in the 1920s. It s making a comeback in the United States today http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/tuberculosis.html

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10. Tuberculosis - MayoClinic.com tuberculosis — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment, prevention of this increasingly prevalent infectious disease. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tuberculosis/DS00372

Medical Services Health Information Appointments Education and Research ... About Tuberculosis ARTICLE SECTIONS Introduction Signs and symptoms Causes Risk factors ... Coping skills Introduction Tuberculosis has plagued human beings for millennia. Signs of tubercular damage have been found in Egyptian mummies and in bones dating back at least 5,000 years. Today, despite advances in treatment, TB is a global pandemic, fueled by the spread of HIV/AIDS, poverty, a lack of health services and the emergence of drug-resistant strains of the bacterium that causes the disease. Tuberculosis spreads through airborne droplets when a person with the infection coughs, talks or sneezes. In general, you need prolonged exposure to an infected person before becoming infected yourself. Even then, you may not develop symptoms of the disease. Or, symptoms may not show up until many years later. Left untreated, tuberculosis can be fatal. With proper care, however, most cases of tuberculosis can be treated, even those resistant to the drugs commonly used against the disease. NEXT: Signs and symptoms ARTICLE TOOLS Print this section All sections E-mail this Larger type Reprints and permissions By Mayo Clinic Staff Dec 21, 2006

11. Tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the organism that is the causative agent for tuberculosis (TB). There are other atypical mycobacteria such as M. kansasii http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/MTB/MTB.html

Pathology of Tuberculosis Return to the tutorial menu. The images below have file sizes ranging from 50 to 250k. General Features Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the organism that is the causative agent for tuberculosis (TB). There are other "atypical" mycobacteria such as M. kansasii that may produced a similar clincal and pathologic appearance of disease. M. avium-intracellulare (MAI) seen in immunocompromised hosts (particularly in persons with AIDS) is not primarily a pulmonary infection in terms of its organ distribution (mostly in organs of the mononuclear phagocyte system). Tuberculosis is becoming a world-wide problem. War, famine, homelessness, and a lack of medical care all contribute to the increasing incidence of tuberculosis among disadvantaged persons. Since TB is easily transmissible between persons, then the increase in TB in any segment of the population represents a threat to all segments of the population. This means that it is important to institute and maintain appropriate public health measures, including screening, vaccination (where deemed of value), and treatment. A laxity of public health measures will contribute to an increase in cases. Failure of adequate treatment promotes the development of resistant strains of tuberculosis. Patterns of Infection There are two major patterns of disease with TB: Primary tuberculosis: seen as an initial infection, usually in children. The initial focus of infection is a small subpleural granuloma accompanied by granulomatous hilar lymph node infection. Together, these make up the Ghon complex. In nearly all cases, these granulomas resolve and there is no further spread of the infection.

12. Tuberculosis tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death in the world from a bacterial infectious disease. The disease affects 1.7 billion people/year which is equal http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/tuberculosis.html

Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death in the world from a bacterial infectious disease. The disease affects 1.8 billion people/year which is equal to one-third of the entire world population. In the United States TB is on the decline. In 2007 a total of 13,293 cases were reported. The TB rate declined to 4.4 cases per 100,000 population, the lowest recorded rate since national reporting began in 1953. Despite this overall improvement, progress toward TB elimination has slowed in recent years; the average annual percentage decline in the TB rate slowed from 7.3% per year during 19932000 to 3.8% during 20002007. Also, since 1993 there has been a gradual decline in the number of TB patients with coinfection with HIV, and the number of cases of multiple drug-resistant TB has gradually dropped. On the other hand, the proportion of TB cases contributed by foreign-born persons has increased each year since 1993. In 2007 the TB rate in foreign-born persons in the United States was 9.7 times higher than in U.S.-born persons. In many states, especially in the West, the upper Midwest, and the Northeast, most new cases of TB now occur in individuals who are foreign born. This and more information on the epidemiology of TB in the United States, provided by the CDC

13. Safety And Health Topics: Tuberculosis According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly onethird of the world s population is infected with tuberculosis (TB), http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/tuberculosis/index.html

U.S. Department of Labor www.osha.gov [skip navigational links] Search Advanced Search A-Z Index Safety and Health Topics Tuberculosis In Focus Hot Topics Alliances eTools According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly one-third of the world's population is infected with Tuberculosis (TB) , which kills almost 2 million people per year. TB causes more deaths than any other infectious agent in the world. In the mid-1980s, a resurgence of outbreaks in the United States brought renewed attention to TB. An increase in high risk, immuno-suppressed individuals, particularly those infected with HIV, lead to an increase in TB cases. Drug-resistant strains of this deadly disease also contributed to the problem. However, through a broad range of Federal and community initiatives, TB rates have declined steadily over the past decade. The 14,097 TB cases reported to CDC for 2005 represented a 2.9% decrease from 2004 and a 47% decrease from 1992, when the number of cases and the case rate peaked during a resurgence in the United States. Compared with 2004, the TB case rate in 2005 declined 3.8% to 4.8 per 100,000. OSHA recognizes, however, that continued vigilance is necessary to maintain the gains achieved so far. OSHA intends to provide guidance to workplaces with less medical expertise and fewer resources than hospitals, and to use cooperative relationships with employers, public health experts and other government agencies to promote TB control. The following questions link to information relevant to tuberculosis exposures in the workplace.

14. Global Tuberculosis Institute The New Jersey Medical School Global tuberculosis Institute is a force in the effort to conquer and cure tuberculosis worldwide. http://www.umdnj.edu/ntbcweb/home.htm

Global TB Institute Clinical Services RTMCC Medical Consultation ... Search Tool New Latent TB Drug Saves Lives, Money: Rifampin Improved Compliance, Reduced Side Effects, Saved $10,000 per Patient (United States) Read more [+/-] Campaign to Test for AIDS and TB Rolls Out (Kenya) allAfrica.com, May 20, 2008, by Mike Mwaniki A program to test health workers for HIV and TB has been launched in Kenya. Health workers in Nairobi and Nyanza provinces will be encouraged to be tested voluntarily during the six month campaign. Dr. James Nyikal, Public Health and Sanitation Permanent Secretary, said that health workers are in the high-risk group for TB because of their close proximity to patients with the disease. During the campaign, health workers will screen AIDS patients for TB in public hospitals. During the launching ceremony held at Mbagathi District Hospital, Dr. Nyikal said that of the 1.2 million people with HIV infection in Kenya, half of them also had TB disease. Read more [+/-] He noted that there is a strong link between TB and HIV/AIDS; therefore, health workers need to ensure that patients in public, private, and mission hospitals are tested for both diseases. He stated that stopping TB in HIV patients would reduce deaths by 70 percent. The campaign was also launched at Nyanza Provincial General Hospital. Dr. Joseph Sitienei, head of Leprosy, TB, and Lung Disease Division explained that Nyanza and Nairobi had the highest rates of TB disease; thus, the campaign was launched in both provinces. Dr. Sitienei said that it takes between six to eight weeks to test patients for TB. He emphasized that there was a need for health workers to address the problem to reduce the number of TB deaths in the country. Kenya recorded 117,000 TB cases in 2007.

15. Tuberculosis (TB), NIAID, NIH Definitions of tuberculosis, MultidrugResistant TB (MDR TB) and Multidrug-resistant and Extensively Drug-resistant tuberculosis Research Agenda (PDF) http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/tuberculosis/

Search Advanced Search Help Site Index Contact Us ... Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) What are TB, MDR TB, and XDR TB? Definitions of Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant TB (MDR TB) and Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (XDR TB) View Drug-Resistant TB — A Visual Tour TB Basics History of TB Causes Transmission Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Prevention TB and HIV General Publications The New Challenge for TB Research An ancient disease, TB remains one of the major causes of disability and death worldwide. In 2006, 9.2 million new cases of TB emerged and TB killed 1.7 million people. NIAID is examining TB at its fundamental levels through research aimed at developing faster diagnostic tools, better vaccines, and shorter treatment times. Multidrug-resistant and Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Research Agenda (PDF) NIAID’s Role in Addressing Tuberculosis (TB), Drug-Resistant TB, and TB in People with HIV/AIDS TB Research at NIAID Research Goals Understanding TB Diagnostic Research Advances in Treatment Prevention: Vaccine Development Scientific Illustrations of Drug-Resistant TB NIAID Labs Networks, Consortia and Partners

16. Tuberculosis Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, And Prevention On EMedicineHealth.com Find out about tuberculosis (TB), an infectious pulmonary disease caused by mycobacterium, how it s transmitted, its causes, symptoms, treatment, http://www.emedicinehealth.com/tuberculosis/page3_em.htm

eTools Privacy Site Map May 29, 2008 HOME FIRST AID EMERGENCIES TOPICS A - Z ... topics a-z list > tuberculosis article Healthcare Professionals Font Size A A A Previous Page ... Next Page Tuberculosis (cont.) IN THIS ARTICLE Tuberculosis Overview Tuberculosis Causes Tuberculosis Symptoms When to Seek Medical Care Exams and Tests Tuberculosis Treatment Medical Treatment ... Authors and Editors Tuberculosis Symptoms You may not notice any symptoms of illness until the disease is quite advanced. Even then the symptoms-loss of weight, loss of energy, poor appetite, fever , a productive cough , and night sweats-might easily be blamed on another disease. Only about 10% of people infected with M tuberculosis ever develop tuberculosis disease. Many of those who suffer TB do so in the first few years following infection, but the bacillus may lie dormant in the body for decades. Although most initial infections have no symptoms and people overcome them, they may develop fever, dry cough, and chest x-ray abnormalities. This is called primary pulmonary tuberculosis Pulmonary tuberculosis frequently goes away by itself, but in 50-60% of cases the disease can return. Tuberculous pleuritis may occur in 10% of people who have the lung disease from tuberculosis.

17. Tuberculosis (TB): Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition tuberculosis usually affects the lungs, although it can attack almost any organ in the body. Other mycobacteria (such as Mycobacterium bovis or http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch193/ch193a.html

Search Recent Searches Index Sections A B ... view all sections In This Topic Tuberculosis (TB) How Infection Develops Symptoms and Complications Diagnosis ... Back to Top Section Infections Subject Tuberculosis (TB) Topics Tuberculosis (TB) Tuberculosis (TB) drawAdBox(adPath, numberOfAds, false); Buy the Book Print This Topic Email This Topic Pronunciations appendicitis arthritis bronchi corticosteroid ... rifampin Tuberculosis is a contagious infection caused by an airborne bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually affects the lungs, although it can attack almost any organ in the body. Other mycobacteria (such as Mycobacterium bovis or Mycobacterium africanum ) occasionally can cause a similar disease. In the United States and other developed countries, tuberculosis has been more common among older people, whereas it is a disease of young adults in poorer countries. Of the cases reported in the United States in 2000, 22% involved people older than age 65. There were more cases among older people because they were more likely to have acquired the infection in an era when tuberculosis was more common. As the body's immune system weakens with age, dormant bacteria become reactivated. Fortunately, the incidence of tuberculosis among older people is declining because each generation entering old age has a lower rate of latent infection. Diseases Resembling Tuberculosis Many types of mycobacteria exist; many can cause infections that produce symptoms similar to tuberculosis.

18. EMedicine - Tuberculosis : Article By James Li, MD tuberculosis As with other scourges of the preantibiotic era, tuberculosis (TB) until recently was considered of passing historical significance to http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic618.htm

Home Specialties Reference Centers All Sources eMedicine Medscape Drug Reference MEDLINE You are in: eMedicine Specialties Emergency Medicine Infectious Diseases Tuberculosis Last Updated: March 13, 2006 Email to a Colleague Synonyms and related keywords: tuberculosis, consumption, Pott's disease, Pott disease, scrofula, miliary disease, TB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M tuberculosis, AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 11 Author Information Introduction Clinical Differentials ... Bibliography Author: James Li, MD , Assistant Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Miles Memorial Hospital Coauthor(s): Diana Brainard, MD , Consulting Staff, Department of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital James Li, MD, is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine , and American College of Emergency Physicians Editor(s): Theodore Gaeta, DO, MPH , Residency Director, Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD

19. Tuberculosis: Treatment Of Tuberculosis Infection -- Familydoctor.org Information about tuberculosis from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). http://familydoctor.org/120.xml

Advertisement Advanced Search familydoctor.org Home Conditions A-Z ... Common Infections Tuberculosis What is tuberculosis? How does my doctor check for tuberculosis? If I have a positive PPD test, do I have tuberculosis? How will my doctor treat the tuberculosis infection? ... What is the treatment for active tuberculosis? See Also: More Information Advertisement Tuberculosis: Treatment of Tuberculosis Infection Printer-friendly version Email this page Make text bigger What is tuberculosis? 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 How does my doctor check for tuberculosis? The most commonly used method to check for tuberculosis is the PPD skin test. 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. After you have a positive PPD skin test, you must have a chest x-ray and a physical exam to find it whether have active disease or are contagious (able to spread the disease). It usually takes only a few days to tell whether you're contagious. Most people with a positive skin test aren't contagious.

20. Tuberculosis Robert Koch proved with certainty that the dreaded disease, tuberculosis, was caused by specific bacteria. How did he do it? Play the game and find out! http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/tuberculosis/

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