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Tuberculosis, dormant: The presence of evidence for tuberculosis infection from a positive TB skin test in a person with a normal chest X-ray and no symptoms.
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(TB), contagious, wasting disease caused by any of several mycobacteria.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic bacterial infection that usually infects the lungs, although other parts of the body are sometimes involved.
There are two stages of TB:
TB infection
TB disease ...
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Tuberculosis also can target almost any part of your body, including your joints, bones, urinary tract, central nervous system, muscles, bone marrow and lymphatic system.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infectious disease that usually attacks the lungs but can spread to other organ systems, including the skeletal system and the central nervous system, where it can cause meningitis, ...
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a slowly developing bacterial infection that's caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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How does it affect the body?
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is "disseminated" if it has spread from the lungs to other organs of the body by the blood or lymph system. See also tuberculosis - pulmonary.
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Tuberculosis can develop after inhaling droplets sprayed into the air from a cough or sneeze by someone infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The disease is characterized by the development of granulomas (granular tumors) in the infected tissues.
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Tuberculosis is an infection caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium. It can affect any organ in the body but most commonly affects the lungs.
What is going on in the body?
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is an infection caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is certainly a serious respiratory infection to consider even though it isn't that common. I imagine you had a TB test done before you began working in the day care center.
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An infectious disease caused by bacteria and characterized by the formation of tubercles in various tissues of the body, especially of the lungs.
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TUBERCULOSIS"1 (Consumption)
SYMPTOMS"Coughing, general fatigue, loss of appetite, chest pain, night sweats, and low-grade fever. The cough is at first not too productive, but later increasing amounts of phlegm are coughed up.
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Upper limb disorders (ULDs) and Repetitive strain syndrome (RSI)
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Fish Tuberculosis
A systemic disease caused by various species of Mycobacterium. Mycobacterial infections are fairly common in aquarium fish, especially in Gouramis, Barbs, Tetras, and various livebearers.
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osteosis; parathyroids, hypoplasia of the thymusand; parathyroid tetany; parathyroprival tetany; parathyrotropic; paratope; paratose synthase; paratracheal lymph node; paratrichosis; paratripsis; paratriptic; paratrophic; paratuberculosis; ...
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Many other conditions can cause positive screening test results, including illegal drug use (injectable drugs), recent vaccinations, pregnancy, endocarditis, autoimmune diseases (such as systemic lupus erythematosus), tuberculosis, mononucleosis, ...
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While this period wears on, some patients develop shingles, itchy skin lesions, tuberculosis, fungal infections of the mouth (thrush), night sweats, fatigue, or swollen lymph nodes.
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Priftin (rifapentine) Indication: treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Dosage/administration: Should not be used alone in initial treatment or in retreatment of pulmonary TB.
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Streptococcal and staphylococcal bacteria are the most common causes of lymphadenitis, although viruses, protozoa, rickettsiae, fungi, and the tuberculosis bacillus can also infect the lymph nodes.
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Chronic disease such as sickle cell disease, kidney failure, or chronic infection such as tuberculosis
Down syndrome or other genetic disorder ...
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This antibiotic was very effective against tuberculosis. One of the main drawbacks to streptomycin is its toxicity, especially to cells in the inner and middle ear and the kidney.
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The tuberculin (TB) skin test is done to see if your body ever carried the tuberculosis germ. You can carry the germ and not have the illness that the germ causes.
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Some infections, such as staphylococcus and tuberculosis, are associated with trochanteric bursitis. It is not uncommon to see this condition in relation to gout and arthritis as well.
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PURIFIED PROTEIN DERIVATIVE (PPD): Material used in the tuberculin skin test (see Tuberculin Skin Test); the most common test for exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB. PPD is sometimes used synonymously with TST.
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Lung Diseases. Certain lung diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB), increase a person's chance of developing lung cancer. Lung cancer tends to develop in areas of the lung that are scarred from TB.
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Drugs to control seizures (epilepsy) and those used to treat TB (tuberculosis) reduce the protection from pregnancy so much that another method of birth control must be used.
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The next time you suffer from the common cold, reach for vitamin C is the advice given by a report in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
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The skin test for Tuberculosis is of this nature. This reaction is induced by a series of cellular migrations and activations :
T-cell migration from capillaries.
Disruption of collagen in dermis.
Macrophage infiltration.
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Chronic inflammatory disease
Parasitic infection
Tuberculosis
Viral infection (for example, infectious mononucleosis, mumps, measles) ...
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ACID-FAST STAIN-SPUTUM - A special microscopic slide that is prepared to detect the presence of acid fast bacilli. The diagnosis of tuberculosis can be made using this test.
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BCG. A type of bacteria used in cancer treatment to stimulate the immune system. It is also used to vaccinate against tuberculosis.
bacteria (bak-TEER-ee-uh) ...
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Lesions can be named for persons who first described them. For instance, a Ghon lesion (or Ghon focus) is the scar-like "signature" in the lungs of adults left by tuberculosis in childhood.
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the Great American Fraud sparked similar concerns about fraudulent patent medicines containing dangerous ingredients such as alcohol, cocaine, morphine, and opium advertised by their makers as cures for diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis.
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BCG is a vaccine for tuberculosis that stimulates the immune system and may have an effect on the bladder.
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