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Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s top infectious killer. Nearly 4500 people lose their lives and 30 000 people fall ill with TB each day. TB is contagious and airborne. It is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs. TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel TB germs into the air. A ...
Los médicos pueden sospechar tuberculosis basándose en síntomas como fiebre, tos que dura más de 2-3 semanas, sudores nocturnos, pérdida de peso, tos que produce sangre, dolor en el pecho y dificultad para respirar. Cuando los médicos sospechan tuberculosis, las primeras pruebas que se llevan a cabo son.
La meningitis tuberculosa es una forma grave de meningitis bacteriana causada por Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Se diferencia de otros tipos de meningitis infecciosa por el curso clínico de evolución más lenta. Los síntomas iniciales son similares a los de otros tipo de meningitis, fundamentalmente fiebre, cefalea, rigidez de nuca y convulsiones.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis ( MDR-TB) is a form of tuberculosis (TB) infection caused by bacteria that are resistant to treatment with at least two of the most powerful first-line anti-TB medications (drugs): isoniazid and rifampicin. Some forms of TB are also resistant to second-line medications, and are called extensively drug-resistant ...
Tuberculosis intestinal. La tuberculosis intestinal es la infección por mycobacterium tuberculosis o mycobacterium bovis de cualquier porción del intestino, la región más afectada es la ileocecal, al final del intestino delgado. Puede producirse por diseminación de una infección tuberculosa de otra localización, por ejemplo por ...
Tuberculosis elimination is the effort to reduce the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases to less than one per 1 million population, contrasted with the effort to completely eradicate infection in humans worldwide. [1] The goal of tuberculosis elimination is hampered by the lack of rapid testing, short and effective treatment courses, and ...
26 de nov. de 2009 · Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease that spreads when a person breathes in bacteria breathed out by an infected person. TB is mainly caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. About one third of the world’s population is infected with the latent form of the disease, and one-tenth of infected people become ill with active TB ...
