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  2. Diagnosis of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    The medical history includes obtaining the symptoms of pulmonary TB: productive, prolonged cough of three or more weeks, chest pain, and hemoptysis.Systemic symptoms include low grade remittent fever, chills, night sweats, appetite loss, weight loss, easy fatiguability, and production of sputum that starts out mucoid but changes to purulent. [1]

  3. Tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, [7] is a contagious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. [1] Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs , but it can also affect other parts of the body. [ 1 ]

  4. Mantoux test - Wikipedia

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    The Mantoux test or Mendel–Mantoux test (also known as the Mantoux screening test, tuberculin sensitivity test, Pirquet test, or PPD test for purified protein derivative) is a tool for screening for tuberculosis (TB) and for tuberculosis diagnosis.

  5. ‘Unprecedented’ TB outbreak recorded in Kansas with ... - AOL

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    What are the symptoms of Tuberculosis? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an active TB case can present in the lungs through symptoms such as: A bad cough that persists ...

  6. More than 500 people asked to test for tuberculosis after ...

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    Up to 13 million people in the U.S. have latent tuberculosis infections, meaning the bacteria is inactive and the infected person doesn’t have symptoms and isn’t contagious. Around 5% to 10% ...

  7. Blood test could identify millions of people spreading ... - AOL

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    TB kills more than one million people each year, according to the World Health Organisation. Blood test could identify millions of people spreading tuberculosis unknowingly Skip to main content

  8. Tuberculosis radiology - Wikipedia

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    If there is any question of active TB, sputum smears must be obtained. Therefore, any applicant might have findings grouped in this category, but still have active TB as suggested by the presence of signs or symptoms of TB, or sputum smears positive for AFB. [2] The main chest X-ray findings that can suggest inactive TB are: [2] 1.

  9. History of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    The history of tuberculosis encompasses the origins of the disease, tuberculosis (TB) through to the vaccines and treatments methods developed to contain and mitigate its impact. Throughout history, the disease tuberculosis has been variously known as consumption, phthisis, and the White Plague.