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  2. Management of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    The main result was a relative risk (RR) of 0.40 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.31 to 0.52) for development of active tuberculosis over two years or longer for patients treated with INH, with no significant difference between treatment courses of six or 12 months (RR 0.44, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.73 for six months, and 0.38, 95% CI 0.28 to 0.50 for ...

  3. Tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. [1] Most infections show no symptoms, in which case it is known as latent tuberculosis. [1] Around 10% of latent infections progress to active disease that, if left untreated, kill about half of those affected. [1]

  4. Tuberculoma - Wikipedia

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    A tuberculoma is a clinical manifestation of tuberculosis which conglomerates tubercles into a firm lump, and so can mimic cancer tumors of many types in medical imaging studies. [1] [2] They often arise within individuals in whom a primary tuberculosis infection is not well controlled. [3]

  5. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Because MDR tuberculosis is an airborne pathogen, persons with active, pulmonary tuberculosis caused by a multidrug-resistant strain can transmit the disease if they are alive and coughing. [41] TB strains are often less fit and less transmissible, and outbreaks occur more readily in people with weakened immune systems (e.g., patients with HIV ).

  6. Post-tuberculosis lung disease - Wikipedia

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    PTLD affects a substantial proportion of TB survivors [3] (of whom there were an estimated 155 million globally in 2020), estimated as much as 50 percent overall and more than 70 percent in survivors of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. [4] Around 10 percent have lost more than half of their lung function. [4]

  7. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a form of tuberculosis caused by bacteria that are resistant to some of the most effective anti-TB drugs. XDR-TB strains have arisen after the mismanagement of individuals with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). Almost one in four people in the world is infected with TB bacteria. [1]

  8. Diagnosis of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    A definitive diagnosis of tuberculosis can only be made by culturing Mycobacterium tuberculosis organisms from a specimen taken from the patient (most often sputum, but may also include pus, CSF, biopsied tissue, etc.). [1] A diagnosis made other than by culture may only be classified as "probable" or "presumed".

  9. Miliary tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    These lesions may occur in one eye or both; the number of lesions varies between patients. [7] Chorodial tubercules may serve as important symptoms of miliary tuberculosis, since their presence can often confirm suspected diagnosis. [8] Lastly, 10–30% of adults and 20–40% of children with miliary tuberculosis have tuberculosis meningitis. [4]