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  2. Latent tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    In fact, "it isn't easy to catch TB. You need consistent exposure to the contagious person for a long time. For that reason, you're more likely to catch TB from a relative than a stranger." [7] If a person had latent tuberculosis, they do not have active/contagious tuberculosis. Once exposed, people very often have latent tuberculosis.

  3. Post-tuberculosis lung disease - Wikipedia

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    Common radiological findings after TB include lesions to the airway, such as obstructive lung disease and bronchiectasis, lesions to the parenchyma, such as calcification, fibrosis, and Aspergillosis, chronic pleural disease, pulmonary hypertension, and other findings. [5]

  4. Tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    The cascade of person-to-person spread can be circumvented by segregating those with active ("overt") TB and putting them on anti-TB drug regimens. After about two weeks of effective treatment, subjects with nonresistant active infections generally do not remain contagious to others. [73]

  5. There’s news about Tacoma woman who refused TB treatment for ...

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    “The patient and her family gave us permission to share this update,” the local health department reported Monday.

  6. Management of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Management of tuberculosis refers to techniques and procedures utilized for treating tuberculosis (TB), or simply a treatment plan for TB.. The medical standard for active TB is a short course treatment involving a combination of isoniazid, rifampicin (also known as Rifampin), pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for the first two months.

  7. Wikipedia : Osmosis/Tuberculosis

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    Treatment of latent TB infection typically involves using a single drug for a prolonged period of time—the most common approach is Isoniazid for 9 months. Treatment of active TB disease is typically a combination of antibiotics, which results in patients being non-infectious to others usually within a few weeks.

  8. Tacoma warned of active TB case; TPCHD could seek court ... - AOL

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    Health department says it is monitoring and working with family of patient “to persuade her to get the treatment she needs.” Tacoma warned of active TB case; TPCHD could seek court order after ...

  9. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    MDR-TB most commonly develops in the course of TB treatment, [5] and is most commonly due to doctors giving inappropriate treatment, or patients missing doses or failing to complete their treatment. Because MDR tuberculosis is an airborne pathogen, persons with active, pulmonary tuberculosis caused by a multidrug-resistant strain can transmit ...