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  2. What Doctors Want You to Know About the TB Vaccine - AOL

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    Tuberculosis is a disease that’s usually caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according to the CDC. The disease can be broken into two groups: active and inactive (or latent).

  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. Tuberculosis vaccines - Wikipedia

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    Tuberculosis (TB) vaccines are vaccinations intended for the prevention of tuberculosis. Immunotherapy as a defence against TB was first proposed in 1890 by Robert Koch . [ 1 ] As of 2021, the only effective tuberculosis vaccine in common use is the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, first used on humans in 1921.

  5. 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.

  6. The Best Foods to Avoid Getting Sick - AOL

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    With the temperatures fluctuating outside, it looks like it is officially cold season! ABC News reports that adults get three colds on average per year, with each cold lasting about one to two weeks.

  7. Pott's disease - Wikipedia

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    As one type of tuberculosis infections, individuals can’t entirely prevent Pott’s Disease, but we are able to take steps to reduce the risk of TB (tuberculosis) infection by avoiding prolonged, close contact with someone who has an active TB (tuberculosis) infection and getting tested regularly for TB (tuberculosis) if you're at higher risk ...

  8. BCG vaccine - Wikipedia

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    Rates of protection against tuberculosis infection vary widely and protection lasts up to 20 years. [9] Among children, it prevents about 20% from getting infected and among those who do get infected, it protects half from developing disease. [14] The vaccine is injected into the skin. [9] No evidence shows that additional doses are beneficial. [9]

  9. 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.