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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 person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become infected.About one-quarter of the world's population has ...
Tuberculina. Se conoce con el nombre de tuberculina a un extracto proteico obtenido de Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 1 Se utiliza para inyectarlo en la piel con el fin de diagnosticar si existe infección tuberculosa. El examen médico en el que se inyecta la tuberculina en la piel se llama prueba de Mantoux. 2 3 .
Singular y plural. tuberculosis. 1 Enfermedades. Enfermedad bacteriana causada por el bacillo de Koch ( Mycobacterium tuberculosis ). Muy contagiosa, fue una enfermedad con consecuencias fatales hasta la aparición de los antibióticos. Aunque normalmente ataca a los pulmones, en ocasiones puede darse en otros órganos.
Día Mundial de la Tuberculosis. "El tiempo corre". Cada año, el 24 de marzo se conmemora el Día Mundial de la Tuberculosis (TB) para concientizar a la población sobre las devastadoras consecuencias sanitarias, sociales y económicas de la tuberculosis, y para intensificar los esfuerzos para acabar con la epidemia mundial de esta enfermedad.
18 de ene. de 2018 · Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria ( Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs. Tuberculosis is curable and preventable. TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become ...
Risk factors for tuberculosis. There are a number risk factors for tuberculosis infection; worldwide the most important of these is HIV. Co-infection with HIV is a particular problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, due to the high incidence of HIV in these countries. [1] [2] Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day increases the risk of TB by two to four ...
Abdominal tuberculosis. Abdominal tuberculosis is a type of extrapulmonary tuberculosis which involves the abdominal organs such as intestines, peritoneum and abdominal lymph nodes. It can either occur in isolation or along with a primary focus (such as the lungs) in patients with disseminated tuberculosis. [1]
