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== Treatment == | == Treatment == | ||
[[Tuberculosis medical therapy|Medical Therapy]] | [[Tuberculosis primary prevention|Primary Prevention]] | [[Tuberculosis secondary prevention|Secondary Prevention]] | [[Tuberculosis cost-effectiveness of therapy|Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy]] | [[Tuberculosis future or investigational therapies|Future or Investigational Therapies]] | [[Tuberculosis medical therapy|Medical Therapy]] | [[Tuberculosis surgery|Surgery]] | [[Tuberculosis primary prevention|Primary Prevention]] | [[Tuberculosis secondary prevention|Secondary Prevention]] | [[Tuberculosis cost-effectiveness of therapy|Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy]] | [[Tuberculosis future or investigational therapies|Future or Investigational Therapies]] | ||
==Case Studies== | ==Case Studies== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Assistant Editor-in-Chief: Somal Khan
Overview
Historical Perspective
Pathophysiology
Epidemiology and Demographics
Risk Factors
Screening
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Classification
Causes
Differentiating Tuberculosis from other Diseases
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Electrocardiogram | Chest X Ray | MRI | CT | Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies
Treatment
Medical Therapy | Surgery | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies
Case Studies
Related Chapters
- Tuberculosis radiology for CXR details
- Tuberculosis diagnosis
- 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
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (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.
- World Health Organization (WHO). Tuberculosis.
- (CDC) Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Disease
- (CDC) Treatment of Tuberculosis: American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America