Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Global tuberculosis control 2010 world health organization. Tuberculosis contact investigation in low prevalence. Tuberculosis digestiva 2010 tuberculosis salud publica. Gonzalez and others published tuberculosis pulmonar find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Determinants of sputum smear nonconversion in smearpositive. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but they can also damage other parts of the body. In 55 countries, including 16 in africa, at least 75% of tb patients knew their hiv status the tb targets for 2015.
If you have been exposed, you should go to your doctor for tests. Multidrugresistant tb mdrtb combating tuberculosis in children. Guidelines for treatment of drugsusceptible tuberculosis. Although most highincome countries have estimated tuberculosis incidences of less than ten per 100 000 population per year, the 30 high tuberculosis burden countries which are predominantly lowincome and middleincome countries have an estimated collective tuberculosis incidence of 183 per 100 000 population per year, with the incidence being above 400. General signs and symptoms include fever, chills, night sweats, loss of appetite, weight loss. General symptoms may include a prolonged productive cough, bloodtinged sputum, night sweats, fever, fatigue and weight loss. Guidelines for treatment of drugsusceptible tuberculosis and. Extrapulmonary tb occurs when tuberculosis develops outside of the lungs, although extrapulmonary tb may coexist with pulmonary tb. Radiological findings of pulmonary tuberculosis in indigenous. Tuberculosis may infect any part of the body, but most commonly occurs in the lungs known as pulmonary tuberculosis.
Materials and methods chest radiographic images of 81 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, acquired in the period from 2007 to 2010, were retrospectively analyzed by two radiologists in. Recibido 04012010, aceptado con modificaciones 25042010. Tuberculosis tb is an ancient human disease caused by mycobacterium. Tuberculosis tb is a disease caused by bacteria called mycobacterium tuberculosis. To identify factors associated with sputum smear nonconversion in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis ptb in suriname. Tuberculosis tb is an airborne disease caused by a group of bacteria that is collectively referred to as the mycobacterium tuberculosis mtb complex. Coinfeccion tbvih pan american health organization.
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