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- Tuberculosis: Causes and How It Spreads | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium (or germ) called Mycobacterium tuberculosis When a person breathes in TB germs, the germs can settle in the lungs and begin to grow From there, they can move through the blood to other parts of the body, such as the kidney, spine, and brain TB bacteria can live in the body without making you sick
- Tuberculosis (TB) | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC - Centers for Disease . . .
The tuberculosis (TB) blood test and the TB skin test are the two types of tests for TB infection Treatment Both inactive tuberculosis (TB) and active TB disease can be treated
- About Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC - Centers for Disease . . .
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium (or germ) called Mycobacterium tuberculosis In the United States, the majority of TB disease cases in people are caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis Other mycobacteria (such as Mycobacterium bovis) can also cause TB disease in people TB usually affects the lungs
- Tuberculosis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that most often affects the lungs It spreads through the air when people with TB cough, sneeze or spit Tuberculosis is preventable and curable About a quarter of the global population is estimated to have been infected with TB bacteria
- Signs and Symptoms of Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC
Symptoms of active tuberculosis (TB) disease depend on where the TB germs are growing in the body Common symptoms of active TB disease include cough, pain in the chest, and coughing up blood or sputum (phlegm)
- Tuberculosis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Tuberculosis is mostly curable but without proper treatment about two thirds of people who get TB will die Since 2000, about 79 million lives have been saved through effective diagnosis and treatment Most people who have TB disease can be cured with a course of 4 antimicrobials lasting 6 months, or even 4 months in some cases
- Tuberculosis: causas y cómo se propaga | Tuberculosis | CDC
La tuberculosis es una enfermedad causada por la bacteria o microbio Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cuando se inhalan, los microbios de la tuberculosis pueden depositarse en los pulmones y comenzar a multiplicarse Desde allí, pueden desplazarse por la sangre a otras partes del cuerpo, como los riñones, la columna vertebral y el cerebro
- Clinical Overview of Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC
Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M tuberculosis) M tuberculosis and seven very closely related mycobacterial species (M bovis, M africanum, M microti, M caprae, M pinnipedii, M canetti, and M mungi) comprise what is known as the M tuberculosis complex Most—but not all
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