Reported tb cases united states, 19822011 ses year cdc. Rotafolio tuberculosis vih sida tuberculosis scribd. Department of health and human services, cdc, october 2012. Nisha ahamed new jersey medical school national tuberculosis center university of medicine and dentistry of new jersey, newark, usa. Medlineplus en espanol tambien contiene enlaces a sitios web no gubernamentales. People who are ill with pulmonary tb tb of the lungs, the site most commonly affected are often infectious and can spread the disease by coughing, sneezing or. Brief guide on tb control for primary health care providers. A positive result indicates that a person has been infected with the tuberculosis bacteria at some point in his or her life. Background information about tuberculosis tuberculosis tb is a contagious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Descargue como pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Tuberculosis is a speciality journal focusing on basic experimental research on tuberculosis, notably on bacteriological, immunological and pathogenesis aspects of the disease. Hablemos acerca del asma sitio oficial del ministerio. Brief guide on tuberculosis control for primary health care providers for countries in the who european region with a high and intermediate burden of tuberculosis writing committee. The culture filtrate contained approximately 100 mu g of lamml, the detection limit in sputum pretreated with nacetyllcysteine and proteinase k was 104 m, tuberculosis whole cells per ml. Tb disease is suspected clinically when a person presents with the symptoms mentioned above usually together with abnormal findings on a chest xray. About 90 percent of those who become infected show no sign of disease latent infection, but harbor the organism and have a risk of developing active tb later.
Tuberculosis 24 tuberculosis tb is an infectious disease that is acquired by inhaling the bacteria that cause the disease. Cada paciente con tuberculosis sin tratamiento contagia entre 10 y 20 personas mas cada ano. It is an obligate human pathogen and are the leading causes of death all over the globe 3. These germs can stay in the air for several hours, depending on the environment. Tb usually affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine. Persons who breathe in the air containing these tb germs can become infected.