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MAP 4-13 Tuberculosis incidence rate, 2004.
Centers for Disease Control — 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 ...More…
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First-Line Treatment of TB
National Institute of Allergy — First-Line Treatment of Tuberculosis (TB) for Drug-Sensitive TB Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB) and Possible Effective Treatments Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB) Diminishing Options for Treatment Tuberculosis, which ...More…
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CDC - NCHHSTP Home
Centers for Disease Control — The State Health Profiles provide data on the HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB epidemics in your state and information on the prevention programs supported by CDC and state public health officials. Interim Guidance-HIV-Infected Adults and ...More…
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HIV-related TB deaths higher than past estimates
World Health Organization — However, the 2009 global TB control report also reveals that one out of four TB deaths is HIV-related, twice as many as previously recognized. In 2007, there were an estimated 1.37 million new cases of tuberculosis among HIV-infected people and ...More…
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Tuberculosis Research
National Institute of Allergy — Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Research Agenda (PDF) Networks, Consortia, and Partners NIAID's Role in Addressing Tuberculosis (TB), Drug-Resistant TB, and TB in People with HIV/AIDS Prevention: Vaccine ...More…
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New survey finds highest rates of drug-resistant TB to date
World Health Organization — The report, "Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world", is based on data collected between 2002 and 2006 on 90 000 TB patients in 81 countries. It found that extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), a virtually untreatable form of ...More…
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If I had a recurring cough and a positive TB skin test...
If I had cough for more than three weeks and a positive skin test I should be seen immediately because of the possibility of contagious tuberculosis. And you should see your doctor and if you are concerned about TB you should always mention it ...More…
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Do I Need a TB Test?
Healthy Roads Media — These materials were made possible through funding from the TB Control and Prevention Program, Division of Disease Prevention, Virginia Department of HealthMore…
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WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR TB?
American Lung Association — 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 from person to person through the air. When people with TB in their lungs or throat cough, ...More…
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Experimental TB Drug Explodes Bacteria from the Inside Out
National Institutes of Health — An international team of biochemists has discovered how an experimental drug unleashes its destructive force inside the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB). The finding could help scientists develop ways to treat dormant TB infections, and ...More…
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)
National Jewish Medical Center — Information on nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and how it differs from tuberculosis (TB). Explanation of the family of bacteria called mycobacteria and a list of some of its species. Germs, like plants and animals, have been classified into ...More…
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Nature Immunology
National Institutes of Health — A new study reveals an important and newly discovered pathway used by disease-causing bacteria to evade the host immune system and survive and grow within the very cells meant to destroy them. This discovery may lead to new treatments and ...More…