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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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    The treatment takes three to nine months depending on the medications used. [75] [140] [143] [142] People with latent infections are treated to prevent them from progressing to active TB disease later in life. [144] Education or counselling may improve the latent tuberculosis treatment completion rates. [145]

  4. Latent tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Latent tuberculosis will convert to active tuberculosis in 10% of cases (or more in cases of immune compromised patients). Taking medication for latent tuberculosis is recommended by many doctors. [29] In the U.S., the standard treatment is nine months of isoniazid, but this regimen is not widely used outside of the US. [citation needed]

  5. Wikipedia : Osmosis/Tuberculosis

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    It’s estimated that about two billion people worldwide are infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis, often just shortened to tuberculosis or simply ‘TB’. Two billion is a ton of people, but even though they’re infected, that doesn’t mean all those people have symptoms, the vast majority, about 90-95%, aren’t even aware they’re ...

  6. 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]

  7. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Treatment schedules for MDR-TB involving fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides can run for two years, compared to the six months of first-line drug treatment, and cost over US$100,000. [11] If these second-line drugs are prescribed or taken incorrectly, further resistance can develop leading to XDR-TB.

  8. Post-tuberculosis lung disease - Wikipedia

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    Aspergilloma in an old tuberculosis cavity; healed, calcified tuberculous lesions are also present towards the right of the image Healed tuberculous cavity, where the entire left lung is destroyed. Post-tuberculosis lung disease (PTLD) is ongoing lung disease that is caused by tuberculosis (TB) but persists after the infection is cured. [1]

  9. Tuberculous pericarditis - Wikipedia

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    Tuberculous pericarditis is a condition that accounts for 1-2% of presentations of tuberculosis outside of the lungs. [2] It is found in people of all ages and typically affects males more frequently than females. [4] Tuberculosis is also one of the leading causes of effusive pericarditis worldwide. [6]