Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death in the world from bacterial infection. It affects approximately 1.8 billion people every year, which is equal to one third of the entire world population. In the United States, tuberculosis is currently on the decline with a total of 13,293 cases reported in 2007. This is the lowest […]
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The BCG vaccine, or bacille Calmette-Guerin, is a vaccine used for tuberculosis disease. Many individuals who are born and live in countries where tuberculosis is rampant will have been vaccinated with the BCG in an effort to prevent childhood tuberculosis meningitis. However, BCG vaccine is not generally recommended for use in the United States because
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis which requires a high degree of oxygenated tissue in which to grow. This means that once the bacterium enters the body it usually chooses to grow in the upper lobes of the lungs, liver, kidney and brain. Individuals can catch tuberculosis by breathing droplets in the air
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Tuberculosis is an infection that caused by a bacteria. This bacteria lives in areas which are highly oxygenated, such as the lungs, kidneys, brain and liver. The bacteria can be present and not be active, called latent tuberculosis. When the bacteria is present and causing symptoms the individual is also contagious and is experiencing active
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Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that is caused by either the mycobacterium tuberculosis or mycobacterium bovis. It is a potentially serious infection that primarily affects areas of the body that are well aerated, such as the liver, kidney and upper lobes of the lungs. Many people who become infected don\’t develop the symptoms of the
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The number of deaths related to tuberculosis continues to rise each year. This might be because of the reemergence of the disease related to immunosuppressive illnesses, such as HIV. Or it may be related to the paucity of new tools which doctors have in order to combat the disease. It was 1891 since the last
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Meningitis is an infection which attacks the meninges, or covering, of the brain. Tuberculosis is an infection which is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and will affect organs in the body that are the most highly oxygenated because this particular bacteria it requires a high amount of oxygen. These organs will include the upper lobes of
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Tuberculosis, or TB, is an airborne infection transferred from individual to individual by way of droplets that come from an infected person’s saliva, sneezing, and/or coughing. This infection is caused by the bacillus known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This infection will affect the lungs most typically, but it has the power to affect other bodily systems
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TB or tuberculosis is an airborne infection caused by the bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or M. tuberculosis. Spread by droplets in the air from the infected person, this infection will generally strike the lung region. Although in its initial stages tuberculosis is not known to exhibit any symptoms it could create a multitude of
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The bacteria that causes tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been present in the human population at least since 2400 B.C.. Fragments of a spinal column from Egyptian mummies from that date show definite pathological signs of tubercular decay. The Greek term for consumption, phthisis, appears in Greek literature before 460 B.C.. Hippocrates identify consumption as the
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