a person with active pulmonary infection coughs or sneezes.M. tuberculosisare acid-fast, slowly growing bacteria that can survive in macrophages, allowing for a latent infection that can remain asymptomatic for decades, posing a challenge to diagnosis, therapy, and prevention.The diagnosis is ...
Tuberculosis is a potentially serious infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria that are spread mainly through the air from one person to another. TB usually infects the lungs, but can also cause symptoms that affect the whole body. ...
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is defined as a form of TB infection caused by bacteria that are resistant to treatment with at least two of the most powerful first-line anti-TB drugs, isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RMP).
phagocytes and thus evade the host immune system, This is attributed primarily to an inadequate immune response toward infecting bacteria, which results in temporary growth inhibition rather than death and subsequently allows the bacteria to multiply immensely, leading to full-blown disease in an ...
October 2013 -Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that mostoften affect the lungs. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germsinto the million children (0-14 years) fell ill with TB, and 74 000 HIV-negative children 关键词: Tu...
virus and some lack life-saving medicines.As a result,millions of people are at risk of a slow progression to chronic liver disease,cancer and even death,the WHO warned,Margaret Chan,director general of the WHO,said:"Viral hepatitis is now a major public health challenge that requires an ...
tuberculosis can evolve from containment in the host, in which the bacteria are isolated within granulomas (latent TB infection), to a contagious state, in which the patient will show symptoms that can include cough, fever, night sweats and weight loss. Only active pulmonary TB is contagious....
1 ARTICLE NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9451 The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately one-third of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), 5%–10% of whom will develop active disease1 with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (...
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, TB surpassed human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) as the most common infectious agent-related cause of mortality1. It continues to be a significant worldwide health concern, although it is largely curable with treatment that is ...
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem that accounts for almost half a million human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) associated deaths. Provision ... LF Assebe,HL Reda,AD Wubeneh,... - 《Bmc Public Health》 被引量: 14发表: 2015年 Heme Utilization by Pathogenic Bacteria: Not All...