Tuberculosis (25207 bytes)
2: ...ection]] with the [[bacterium]] ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]'', which most commonly affects the [[lung]]s (p...
6: Tuberculosis is the most common major [[infectious disease]] t...
10: .../AIDS, and immigration has caused a resurgence of tuberculosis. Multiple drug resistant strains of TB (MDR-TB) ...
13: ...e tubercle [[bacillus|bacilli]] ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]''.]]
14: ...hin a host organism (''in vitro'' culture of ''M. tuberculosis'' took a long time to be achieved, but is nowaday...

Tuberculosis diagnosis (6544 bytes)
1: :''Main article: [[Tuberculosis]]''
3: A complete medical evaluation for [[tuberculosis]] (TB) includes a medical history, a physical exa...
9: Tuberculosis should be suspected when a persistent respiratory...
16: [[Image:TB_CXR.jpg|thumb|Tuberculosis creates cavities visible in [[x-ray]]s like this ...
22: :''See [[Tuberculosis radiology]] for more information.''

Tuberculosis radiology (10985 bytes)
1: :''Main article: [[Tuberculosis]]''
3: [[Radiology]] is used in the [[diagnosis]] of [[tuberculosis]].
6: [[Image:TB_CXR.jpg|thumb|Tuberculosis creates cavities visible in [[x-ray]]s like this ...
11: Old healed tuberculosis usually presents as pulmonary nodules in the hila...
13: ... a very low risk for future progression to active tuberculosis.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2314 bytes)
1: ...egin | color = lightgrey | name = ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis''}}
9: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''M. tuberculosis'''''}}
11: ...color = lightgrey | binomial_name = Mycobacterium tuberculosis}}
13: ...[bacterium|bacteria]] that causes most cases of [[tuberculosis]]. Its genome has been sequenced.
19: ...le for the typical caseous granuloma formation in tuberculosis. The component responsible is called the cord fac...

Tuberculosis classification (2757 bytes)
1: :''Main article: [[Tuberculosis]]''
3: ==Tuberculosis classification system==
4: The current clinical classification system for tuberculosis (TB) is based on the pathogenesis of the disease....
24: | 3 || TB, clinically active || ''M. tuberculosis'' cultured (if done)<br/> Clinical, bacteriologic...
58: *[[Tuberculosis radiology]] for CXR details

Tuberculosis treatment (9026 bytes)
1: Persons with [[tuberculosis]] (TB) [[infection]] (class 2 or class 4 TB), but...
16: ...en or persons with radiographic evidence of prior tuberculosis (old fibrotic lesions). (69% effective)
24: ...rgeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (see References)
50: ...rgence of further multi-drug resistant strains of tuberculosis.
61: ...an ED, Iseman MD. ''Current medical treatment for tuberculosis''. [[British Medical Journal|BMJ]] 2002;325:1282-...

List of tuberculosis victims (5132 bytes)
1: ...lebrities who had, or are believed to have had, [[tuberculosis]]. See also: [[Lists of people by cause of death]...
162: :? ''died of something unrelated to tuberculosis''
179: ...heila M. (1994). ''Living in the Shadow of Death: Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness in American ...
181: [[Category:Lists of people by cause of death|tuberculosis]]

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (1536 bytes)
1: ...''' (MOTT), are mycobacteria which do not cause [[tuberculosis]] or [[Hansen's disease]] (leprosy).
11: ...'' complex which can cause [[tuberculosis]]: ''M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum, and M. micoti''
13: ...eria which can cause pulmonary disease resembling tuberculosis, lymphadenitis, skin disease, or disseminated dis...
28: *[[tuberculosis]]

Hemoptysis (317 bytes)
1: ...ry infections). This can be due to lung neoplasm, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis or pulmonary embolus.

Sanatorium (1938 bytes)
2: ...for long-term illness, typically [[cholera]] or [[tuberculosis]].
4: ...sorts with which people were familiar and the new tuberculosis treatment hospitals: "So they decided to use a ne...
7: ...[[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], [[Kentucky]] tuberculosis sanatorium, was founded in [[1911]]. It has becom...
9: ... [[Valadares]] was used for the treatment of bone tuberculosis between the [[1930s]] and [[1960s]].

Scrofula (483 bytes)
1: ...neck. In adults it is caused by ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]'' and in children by [[nontuberculous mycobacte...

American Lung Association (1072 bytes)
1: ...osis Association''' (NTA) (1920?) and '''National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association''' (1968). It...

Acid-fast bacillus (1467 bytes)
1: ...d-fast bacillus is ''[[tuberculosis|Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]''. The term ''acid-fast bacillus'' dates from [...
3: ...ained red) are tubercle bacilli ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]''.]]
11: **''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]'' - causes [[tuberculosis]]

Mycobacterium bovis (1569 bytes)
13: ...o [[zoonosis|jump the species barrier]] and cause tuberculosis in humans.
17: ... susceptible to this bacterium that causes bovine tuberculosis, but it is a rare cause of disease in humans.

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (2887 bytes)
2: ... an effective vaccine for the prevention of human tuberculosis.
4: ...luded the subculturing of virulent strains of the tuberculosis bacillus and the testing of different culture med...
5: ... the now non-virulent bacilli was unable to cause tuberculosis disease in research animals. They transferred to...
7: ...1945 to 1948. relief organizations (International Tuberculosis Campaign or Joint Enterprises) vaccinated over 8 ...
9: ...ms of [[mycobacteria]] other than [[mycobacterium tuberculosis]] in the environment in which a person lives in.

Heaf test (2288 bytes)
1: ...mine whether or not a child has been exposed to [[tuberculosis]].
5: ...eaf Test are not recommended for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the United States. Instead, the [[Mantoux tes...
19: ... and 2 may be the result of previous BCG or avian tuberculosis.
30: *[[tuberculosis]]
35: ...ish Thoracic Society, ''Control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: Code of Practice 2000'' [[...

ATC code J04 (1364 bytes)
5: ==J04A Drugs for treatment of [[tuberculosis]]==
24: ===J04AK Other drugs for treatment of tuberculosis===
29: ===J04AM Combinations of drugs for treatment of tuberculosis===

BCG (155 bytes)
2: ...[[Bacillus Calmette-Guérin]] (a [[vaccine]] for [[tuberculosis]])

Directly observed treatment (1105 bytes)
1: ...rect duration. It is used for diseases such as [[tuberculosis]] or [[HIV]] to assure compliance and avoid drug ...
5: DOTS-PLUS for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

Granuloma (1056 bytes)
1: ...ariety of diseases such as [[Crohn's disease]], [[tuberculosis]], [[sarcoidosis]], [[berylliosis]] and [[syphili...
4: ...granuloma and is a feature of the granulomas of [[tuberculosis]].

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