Tuberculosis(TB) is infection withMycobacterium tuberculosis, a type of bacterium. Tuberculosis infection typically occurs after repeated or prolonged exposure to the coughing of an actively infected person. Persons with HIV infection are at particularly high risk. Infection can involve any organ in the...
M. avium complex (MAC) infection: an AIDS-defining condition. 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 . ...
and you’re not contagious. But the infection is still alive and can one day become active. If you’re at high risk for reactivation, your doctor will give you medications to prevent active TB. This usually happens if you haveHIV, you had an infection...
No independent relation was found between the amount or type of contact with HIV-infected populations and the risk of TB infection.Conclusion: These data provide some reassurance that caring for HIV-infected patients is not related to an increased rate of TB infection among HCWs in these settings...
a2, chronic respiratory failure;[translate] a4, severe congenital malformation of urinary system;[translate] a7, active infection, active tuberculosis, hepatitis, and so on;[translate]
7. A 4-mo regimen of isoniazid and rifampin is acceptable therapy for adults who have active tuberculosis and who are sputum smear and culture negative, if there is little possibility of drug resistance. 8. The major determinant of the outcome of treatment is patient adherence to the drug ...
have primary (in other words, nonactive) TB infection. Of these about 1 in 10 will eventually become ill with the disease. In the U.S., TB is most common among people with HIV, people in homeless shelters and prisons, other poor people who live in big cities and elderly people. ...
Gibney KB, MacGregor L, Leder K, Torresi J, Marshall C, Ebeling PR, Beverley AB: Vitamin D deficiency is associated with tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2008, 46: 443-446. 10.1086/525268. Article CAS PubMed Google Schola...
Background Prophylactic treatment of individuals with latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is an essential component of tuberculosis control in some settings. In China, the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection, and preventive interventions against this disease, have not been systematically studied...
Absence of a positive smear result does not exclude active TB infection; AFB culture is the most specific test for TB HIV serology in all patients with TB and unknown HIV status: individuals infected with HIV are at increased risk for TB Other diagnostic tests may warrant consideration, ...