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Tuberculosis Disease 19 Jun 2013 | 07:22 pm
Tuberculosis Disease A contagious bacterial disease, tuberculosis (TB) can be spread from one person to another through the air. This eMedTV segment gives a brief overview of tuberculosis and includes...
Active Tuberculosis 22 Jan 2011 | 10:13 am
Active Tuberculosis Active tuberculosis is the more serious form of tuberculosis. As this eMedTV page explains, it affects 8 million people worldwide each year. Active tuberculosis occurs when the imm...
Tuberculosis Statistics in the United States 25 Aug 2010 | 01:18 am
Tuberculosis Statistics in the United States As this eMedTV article explains, tuberculosis statistics in the United States show that the decline in tuberculosis cases has slowed in recent years. This ...
Tuberculosis Transmission 10 Jun 2010 | 05:29 am
Tuberculosis Transmission As this eMedTV page explains, tuberculosis can be transmitted when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or speaks. These actions send the tuberculosis bacteria into the air, w...
Tuberculosis Medications 25 Sep 2009 | 01:10 am
Tuberculosis Medications As this eMedTV page explains, medications used to treat tuberculosis include antibiotics such as isoniazid and rifampin. This article gives an overview of TB drugs, explaining...
Tuberculosis Diagnosis 25 Aug 2009 | 06:15 am
Tuberculosis Diagnosis As this eMedTV page explains, a diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is based on a patient's physical exam, medical history, and test results. This article describes the process of di...
TB Skin Test Reading 12 Aug 2009 | 07:32 am
TB Skin Test Reading A tuberculosis (TB) skin test reading is when a healthcare worker checks the results of your skin test. As this eMedTV article explains, the healthcare worker will check the injec...
Latent Tuberculosis 26 Jun 2009 | 11:07 am
Latent Tuberculosis Latent tuberculosis is the more common form of tuberculosis. As this eMedTV page explains, this form of tuberculosis takes place when bacteria in the body become inactive but remai...
Drug-Resistant TB 17 Mar 2009 | 12:37 pm
Drug-Resistant TB Drug-resistant TB is a condition in which patients with tuberculosis don't improve with standard treatment. This eMedTV page provides an overview of drug-resistant tuberculosis and e...
Tuberculosis Treatment 7 Mar 2009 | 11:28 pm
Tuberculosis Treatment Usually, treatment for tuberculosis lasts at least 6 months and involves taking several antibiotics. This eMedTV resource describes these antibiotics (such as isoniazid and rifa...
