Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that typically affects the lungs but may infect any other organ of the body. TB can only be passed from person to person when someone with active TB of the lungs coughs, sings, laughs or sneezes. People who are young or elderly or who have weak...
Tuberculosis can affect any organ system. The lungs are the most common site, but tuberculosis outside the lungs affects 15 percent of immunocompetent patients and 50 to 70 percent of patients with HIV. In most cases, tuberculosis can be cured with antibiotics taken for approximately 6 to 12...
Fact: Smokers are predisposed to developing respiratory diseases. However, TB is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. So smoking increases the risk for developing tuberculosis. Myth: Tuberculosis affects only Lung. Fact: No TB can occur in any organ of the body. Most common organ af...
Mycobacterium avium complex is an opportunistic infection caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria species that typically affects immunocompromised patients . Manifests with fever , night sweats, weight loss , abdominal pain , and diarrhea . Treatment includes antibiotics ( macrolides and ethambutol ). Lung my...
2 TB affects almost 50% of the population in Third World countries. An estimated 30 million persons have active TB, and 7–10 million people die each year of TB.3, 4 A review of the literature reveals that the highest incidence of TB is still in India, followed by Scandinavia and ...
Active TB outside the lungs.A tuberculosis infection that spreads from your lungs to other parts of the body is known as extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Your symptoms will depend on which part of your body the infection affects. A latent or active TB infection can also bedrug-resistant, meaning ...
What happens if tuberculosis is not treated? Untreated tuberculosis can be life-threatening and fatal because the tissue in the infected organ dies. Millions of people die from tuberculosis, so proper medical treatment for this condition is a must and non-negotiable. ...
Tuberculosis is the most prevalent bacterial infectious disease in humans and the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, ranking above HIV/AIDS. The causative agent,Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is carried by an estimated two billion people globally and claims more than 1.5 million lives...
What is bone TB? Tuberculosis (TB) is a well known infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs (pulmonary tuberculosis ~lung TB). However, it can affect various other sites of the body and is then referred to as extrapulmonary TB. When it affects the bone, it is known as tuberculous...
Tuberculosis a generally considered a lung disease however, when left untreated it can spread and affects almost any other organ in the body. In the beginning stages patients may not know they have it however as the disease progresses the signs and symptoms occur. In many cases the symptoms ar...