Tuberculosis [pic] Salena Nowak Physiology 22 Dr. Jennifer Gray April 15‚ 2008 Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is an acute infectious disease. It is found primarily in the lungs‚ but is also seen in any tissue of the body. This disease has infected more than one third of the world’s population. Most cases are seen in African and European countries. Tuberculosis has killed more people than any other disease in history. Robert Koch was the person who
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The Evolution of Tuberculosis Before the 20th century‚ there was little hope of survival for patients diagnosed with tuberculosis. The disease was considered impossible to fight and the only course of remedy was staying healthy by managing a healthy diet and getting plenty of rest (Goldberg et al.‚ 2012). In 1921‚ advancements in scientific research led to the development of the first vaccine‚ known as Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) (Lienhardt et al.‚ 2012). The discovery
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Tuberculosis _ Epidemiology and Nursing Research. Concepts in Community & Public Health NRS427V November14‚ 2013 Tuberculosis _Epidemiology and Nursing Research. Communicable diseases occurs in every country regardless of urban‚ rural‚ or with socio economical diversities. In order to help in prevention and control of communicable diseases‚ locally‚ nationally and globally‚ nurses who are working with the public health system ‚ must have basic
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immunodeficiency‚ or a immune deficiency‚ an “effective cell-mediated immune response” may fail to occur and thus allow the disease to further progress and possibly spread from the lungs (“Tuberculosis”). A tuberculosis infection outside of the lungs is called extrapulmonary tuberculosis. In these instances‚ the kidney and bones are more commonly prone to infection. In the kidney‚ tuberculosis proposes little to no symptoms‚ but may destroy part of the kidney‚ which allows the infection to further spread
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order to address the problem of the company: * From 1997 to 1999‚ Nike didn’t have a chief financial officer. * Succession issues and the difficulty of the new CEOs to fill in the positions of the founders. * In the old days at Nike‚ the culture encouraged local managers to spend big and to go flat-out for market share instead of profitability. * Nike’s brand acquisitions and giving them the independence in pulling resources and expertise. * Keeping pace with the tough competition
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Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB)‚ also known as consumption‚ is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). TB is the leading cause of death in the world among reported deaths caused by a bacterial infectious disease. The disease affects 1.8 billion people per year‚ which is equal to one-third of the entire world population (Todar). Pulmonary tuberculosis accounts for the majority of the TB cases in the United States (Todar). Bovine tuberculosis is another infectious
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MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN THE UNITED STATES: WHAT IT IS‚ CHALLENGES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS‚ HOW TO PREVENT IT 24 July 2009 Abstract Hippocrates once described a common illness as “phthisis‚” which today is believed to have been the same disease we now call tuberculosis‚ or TB. Many centuries have passed since Hippocrates‚ and TB has been a major scourge to humans as well as other species. In the early 20th Century‚ TB was called
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis Pulmonary Tuberculosis Keante Parker HCS/457 May 23‚ 2011 The following will discuss the Pulmonary Tuberculosis disease. Pulmonary tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial infection that involves the lungs‚ but may spread to other organs (Pubmed Health‚ 20101. The efforts used to control Pulmonary Tuberculosis will be explained. The influence of lifestyles‚ socioeconomic status‚ and disease management will also be provided in the following. The gaps
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Student number: 5184-122-3 Module: Unique number: Assignment: PPH4803 842542 01 TUBERCULOSIS IN NAMIBIA Contents i Pages 1 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………….1 2 THE BURDEN OF TUBERCULOSIS IN NAMIBIA AND GLOBALLY………………………………………………………………………………………………...2 2.1 Tuberculosis situation in Namibia…………………………………….....................................................2 2.2 Tuberculosis situation in the world…………………....................................................................
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Tuberculosis in Kazakhstan Nowadays in our country tuberculosis became one of the most widespread diseases. Tuberculosis belongs to group of socially significant diseases and it is the important medico-social problem‚ causing considerable material loss because of disability and premature death of the most productive population. Deterioration of an ecological situation‚ migratory processes‚ and decrease in a standard of living of the population‚ insufficient financing of health care including anti-tubercular
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