Tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis
Chest X-Ray of a patient suffering from tuberculosis

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Overview
Historical Perspective
Classification
Pathophysiology
Causes
Differentiating Tuberculosis from other Diseases
Epidemiology and Demographics
Risk Factors
Screening
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Children
HIV Coinfection
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms
Physical Examination
Laboratory Findings
Electrocardiogram
Chest X Ray
CT
MRI
Echocardiography or Ultrasound
Other Imaging Findings
Other Diagnostic Studies
Treatment
Medical Therapy
Special Conditions
Drug-resistant
Surgery
Primary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy
Future or Investigational Therapies
Case Studies
Case #1
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Risk calculators and risk factors for Tuberculosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maheep Singh Sangha, M.B.B.S.; Somal Khan; João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]

Synonyms and keywords: TB, tb

Causes

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Diagnosis

History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Electrocardiogram | Chest X Ray | CT | MRI | Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment

Medical Therapy: HIV Co-infection | Children | Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis | Tuberculous Pericarditis | Culture-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Renal Insufficiency and End-Stage Renal Disease | Liver Disease | Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Surgery | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies

Case Studies

Case #1

Related Chapters

• Tuberculous pericarditis
• Pott's disease
• 2007 tuberculosis scare
• Abreugraphy
• ATC code J04: Drugs for treatment of TB
• Buruli ulcer and leprosy: Other diseases caused by Mycobacteria
• Latent tuberculosis
• Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Structural Genomics Consortium
• National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
• Nontuberculous mycobacteria
• Philip D'Arcy Hart
• UNITAID
• Nosocomial infection

External Links

• (CDC) - Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know. 4th edition (2000). Updated Aug 2003.
• (CDC) - Division of Tuberculosis Elimination News and updates.
• (CDC) - Questions and Answers About TB, 2007.
• (CDC) - Treatment of Tuberculosis: American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America