Mycobacterium tuberculosis By Jonathan Min Tuberculosis is a widely known disease that is lethal in many cases which may occur in any parts of the body but mostly in the lungs. This disease begins with mild symptom but exacerbates to severe conditions ranging across the fever‚ chronic cough‚ weight loss‚ fatigue‚ and night sweats. While the 90 to 95 percent of infections may remain latent or dormant‚ it is deathly enough to kill more than a half of the patients once the infection becomes activated
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Background and Rationale of the Study Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that primarily affects the lung parenchyma caused by slow-growing bacteria that resembles a fungus. It is usually spread from person to person by droplet nuclei through the air. The lung is the usual infection site but may also be transmitted to other parts of the body‚ including the meninges‚ kidneys‚ bones‚ and lymph nodes. The primary infectious agent‚ Mycobacterium tuberculosis‚is an acid-fast aerobic rod that grows
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VASO OCCLUSIVE CHANGES IN HIDDEN OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS Introduction Ocular TB may affect any ocular or orbital tissue‚ either by an active infection or an immunologic reaction‚ related to delayed hypersensitivity and an aseptic reaction [1-4]. Features of ocular TB include choroiditis which is the common ocular finding while other ocular manifestation such as anterior uveitis‚ choroid tubercles‚ retinal vasculitis‚ vascular occlusion‚ dense vitritis‚ papilitis and phylectenulosis or interstitial
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agent of tuberculosis‚ resides primarily in human macrophages. Discuss the mechanisms by which this organism resists the potent antibacterial activities of macrophages to establish and maintain an infection. Tuberculosis is one of the most serious infections in the world‚ killing almost 3 million people worldwide annually. Thus‚ it is important to understand how this mycobacterium is pathogenic and the defence mechanisms it has in order to try and manage this potentially fatal disease. Mycobacterium
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss tuberculosis (TB)‚ provide a clinical description‚ and discuss the determinants of health in relation to TB and the role and tasks of the community health nurse in regards to the disease. Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis‚ a bacterium that usually affects the victim’s lungs and is spread through the air. TB spreads from one community or country to another as people travel or through immigration to new areas. Today’s modern world of
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Tuberculosis (also known as "TB") is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis which infects white blood cells. It mainly infects the lungs‚ although it can affect other organs as well. TB is spread through the air from one person to another. The bacteria are put into the air when a person with active TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs or sneezes. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected. When a person breathes in TB bacteria‚ the bacteria can
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Culture and Disease Paper University of Phoenix Introduction to Health and Disease HCS/245 In the following individual assignment of the cultural and disease paper I have selected to write about diabetes. I have always been interested about the disease; I have known that there are three different types or levels to this disease‚ type one type two and type three. The
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What- What is Tuberculosis (TB)? A question that most of us are wondering about. What is tuberculosis? Tuberculosis‚ known as TB‚ is a disease transmitted from person to person that transmits us bacteria through air. It as a really dangerous and deadly disease. there almost no chance for you to live if you get the diseases unless you try to to cure it in the beginning. What- What are the symptoms of the disease ? Pain in the chest No apetite Fever Chills Sweating at night Coughing that lasts
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Schiffman‚ George. (07‚ 2011). Tuberculosis. Retrieved from http://www.medicinenet.com/tuberculosis/page4.htm Tuberculosis. (01‚ 2013). Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tuberculosis/DS00372/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs Vyas‚ Jatin M. (11‚ 2012). Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001141/ Schiffman‚ George. (07‚ 2011). Tuberculosis. Retrieved from http://www.medicinenet.com/tuberculosis/page4.htm Tuberculosis. (01‚ 2013). Retrieved from
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Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that affects the lungs. It can start out like a normal flu‚ with coughing being the number one symptom. After a while‚ the virus attacks the lungs with more vehemence‚ causing internal bleeding. This internal bleeding is visible when the infected coughs. If left untreated‚ the infected will literally cough themselves to death. Today I will talk about the history of Tuberculosis in the United States. During my speech I will discuss Consumption in the early 19th
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