VASO OCCLUSIVE CHANGES IN HIDDEN OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS Introduction Ocular TB may affect any ocular or orbital tissue‚ either by an active infection or an immunologic reaction‚ related to delayed hypersensitivity and an aseptic reaction [1-4]. Features of ocular TB include choroiditis which is the common ocular finding while other ocular manifestation such as anterior uveitis‚ choroid tubercles‚ retinal vasculitis‚ vascular occlusion‚ dense vitritis‚ papilitis and phylectenulosis or interstitial
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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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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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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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The purpose of this paper is to discuss tuberculosis (TB)‚ provide a clinical description‚ and discuss the determinants of health in relation to TB and the role and tasks of the community health nurse in regards to the disease. Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis‚ a bacterium that usually affects the victim’s lungs and is spread through the air. TB spreads from one community or country to another as people travel or through immigration to new areas. Today’s modern world of
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis By Jonathan Min Tuberculosis is a widely known disease that is lethal in many cases which may occur in any parts of the body but mostly in the lungs. This disease begins with mild symptom but exacerbates to severe conditions ranging across the fever‚ chronic cough‚ weight loss‚ fatigue‚ and night sweats. While the 90 to 95 percent of infections may remain latent or dormant‚ it is deathly enough to kill more than a half of the patients once the infection becomes activated
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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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The causative agent of tuberculosis‚ resides primarily in human macrophages. Discuss the mechanisms by which this organism resists the potent antibacterial activities of macrophages to establish and maintain an infection. Tuberculosis is one of the most serious infections in the world‚ killing almost 3 million people worldwide annually. Thus‚ it is important to understand how this mycobacterium is pathogenic and the defence mechanisms it has in order to try and manage this potentially fatal
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Tuberculosis (also known as "TB") is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis which infects white blood cells. It mainly infects the lungs‚ although it can affect other organs as well. TB is spread through the air from one person to another. The bacteria are put into the air when a person with active TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs or sneezes. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected. When a person breathes in TB bacteria‚ the bacteria can
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