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Seminars in Ophthalmology, 2005
Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, transmitted primarily by inhalation of aerosolized droplets containing the organisms. There is an infection of the respiratory tract and the tubercle bacilli spread via lymphatic system and bloodstream to many different organs.
Adriana A, Bonfioli +3 more
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Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, transmitted primarily by inhalation of aerosolized droplets containing the organisms. There is an infection of the respiratory tract and the tubercle bacilli spread via lymphatic system and bloodstream to many different organs.
Adriana A, Bonfioli +3 more
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New England Journal of Medicine, 2013
Despite the availability of a cheap and effective treatment, tuberculosis still accounts for millions of cases of active disease and deaths worldwide. The disease disproportionately affects the poorest persons in both high-income and developing countries.1 However, recent advances in diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines and enhanced implementation of ...
Alimuddin Zumla +3 more
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Despite the availability of a cheap and effective treatment, tuberculosis still accounts for millions of cases of active disease and deaths worldwide. The disease disproportionately affects the poorest persons in both high-income and developing countries.1 However, recent advances in diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines and enhanced implementation of ...
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Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2018
Tuberculosis (TB) is currently the world's leading cause of infectious mortality. Imaging plays an important role in the management of this disease. The complex immune response of the human body to Mycobacterium tuberculosis results in a wide array of clinical manifestations, making clinical and radiological diagnosis challenging.
Alfred O, Ankrah +6 more
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Tuberculosis (TB) is currently the world's leading cause of infectious mortality. Imaging plays an important role in the management of this disease. The complex immune response of the human body to Mycobacterium tuberculosis results in a wide array of clinical manifestations, making clinical and radiological diagnosis challenging.
Alfred O, Ankrah +6 more
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Dental Clinics of North America, 1996
Dental health care providers must play an active role in preventing the transmission of tuberculosis. The information presented here should allow them to appropriately identify and refer patients who may be infectious, identify oral lesions which may be due to tuberculosis, and develop and implement an infection control plan to prevent transmission in ...
J A, Phelan, V, Jimenez, D C, Tompkins
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Dental health care providers must play an active role in preventing the transmission of tuberculosis. The information presented here should allow them to appropriately identify and refer patients who may be infectious, identify oral lesions which may be due to tuberculosis, and develop and implement an infection control plan to prevent transmission in ...
J A, Phelan, V, Jimenez, D C, Tompkins
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Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1992
In the United States, the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is higher in elderly persons than in any other segment of the population, except in HIV-infected persons. The diagnosis of TB, however, is all too often not considered in geriatric patients. Although elderly nursing home residents are at a greater risk for TB than the aging population in the ...
A K, Dutt, W W, Stead
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In the United States, the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is higher in elderly persons than in any other segment of the population, except in HIV-infected persons. The diagnosis of TB, however, is all too often not considered in geriatric patients. Although elderly nursing home residents are at a greater risk for TB than the aging population in the ...
A K, Dutt, W W, Stead
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Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 2007
The purpose of this report is to present an update on the manifestations and management of ocular tuberculosis.Tuberculosis affects one-third of the world's population. The incidence of tuberculosis has increased with the increase in the HIV infected population.
Gary, Maartens, Robert J, Wilkinson
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The purpose of this report is to present an update on the manifestations and management of ocular tuberculosis.Tuberculosis affects one-third of the world's population. The incidence of tuberculosis has increased with the increase in the HIV infected population.
Gary, Maartens, Robert J, Wilkinson
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Dental Clinics of North America, 2003
Approximately one-third of the world population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the organism that causes tuberculosis (TB). After a brief resurgence beginning in the mid-1980s, the incidence of TB is once again declining in the United States.
Thomas R, Frieden +4 more
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Approximately one-third of the world population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the organism that causes tuberculosis (TB). After a brief resurgence beginning in the mid-1980s, the incidence of TB is once again declining in the United States.
Thomas R, Frieden +4 more
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Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2004
Tuberculosis is a term that encompasses various diseases caused by bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, including M tuberculosis, M bovis, M africanum, and other mycobacterial species. Whereas M tuberculosis infection is largely spread from human to human, M bovis infection has been identified as a zoonotic disease with most cases of ...
Kaneene, John B., Thoen, Charles O.
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Tuberculosis is a term that encompasses various diseases caused by bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, including M tuberculosis, M bovis, M africanum, and other mycobacterial species. Whereas M tuberculosis infection is largely spread from human to human, M bovis infection has been identified as a zoonotic disease with most cases of ...
Kaneene, John B., Thoen, Charles O.
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Annals of Internal Medicine, 2017
This issue provides a clinical overview of tuberculosis, focusing on screening, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The content of In the Clinic is drawn from the clinical information and education resources of the American College of Physicians (ACP), including MKSAP (Medical Knowledge and Self-Assessment Program).
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This issue provides a clinical overview of tuberculosis, focusing on screening, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The content of In the Clinic is drawn from the clinical information and education resources of the American College of Physicians (ACP), including MKSAP (Medical Knowledge and Self-Assessment Program).
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The Lancet
Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death globally. Given the airborne transmission of tuberculosis, anybody can be infected, but people in high-incidence settings are more exposed. Risk of progression to disease is higher in the first years after infection, and in people with undernourishment, immunosuppression, or who smoke, drink alcohol, or have ...
Anete, Trajman +6 more
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Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death globally. Given the airborne transmission of tuberculosis, anybody can be infected, but people in high-incidence settings are more exposed. Risk of progression to disease is higher in the first years after infection, and in people with undernourishment, immunosuppression, or who smoke, drink alcohol, or have ...
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