enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Tuberculosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis

    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 ]

  3. History of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tuberculosis

    Rojas had tuberculosis when he painted this. Here he depicts the social aspect of the disease, and its relation with living conditions at the close of the 19th century. 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.

  4. Miliary tuberculosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miliary_tuberculosis

    Miliary tuberculosis is a form of tuberculosis that is characterized by a wide dissemination into the human body and by the tiny size of the lesions (1–5 mm). Its name comes from a distinctive pattern seen on a chest radiograph of many tiny spots distributed throughout the lung fields with the appearance similar to millet seeds—thus the term "miliary" tuberculosis.

  5. The Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak In U.S. History Is ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/largest-tuberculosis-outbreak-u...

    Tuberculosis spreads through the air from one person to another. Someone with an active infection can put the germs into the air when they cough, speak, or sing. Those germs can hang out in the ...

  6. Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_tuberculosis

    Symptoms of M. tuberculosis include coughing that lasts for more than three weeks, hemoptysis, chest pain when breathing or coughing, weight loss, fatigue, fever, night sweats, chills, and loss of appetite. M. tuberculosis also has the potential of spreading to other parts of the body. This can cause blood in urine if the kidneys are affected ...

  7. Management of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_of_tuberculosis

    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.

  8. CFP-10 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFP-10

    10-kDa culture filtrate protein (CFP-10) is an antigen that contributes to the virulence Mycobacterium tuberculosis. CFP-10 forms a tight 1:1 heterodimeric complex with 6kDaA early secreted antigen target (ESAT-6). In the mycobacterial cell, these two proteins are interdependent on each other for stability.

  9. Tuberculoma - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculoma

    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]