Tuberculosis ( Tb ) Is An Infectious Disease

INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis (TB) is infectious disease caused by bacterial pathogens from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex. Tuberculosis affects various organs of the body forming granulomas at the site of infection. The pulmonary TB is the most common form (Anon, 2015).Only the pulmonary form is infectious with aerosol transmission after a sneeze or cough from an infected individual. Once an individual is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex, clinically, it can either lead to a TB infection

Chapter One: Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a airborne and contagious-infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli, usually establishes its infection in the lungs and known as pulmonary tuberculosis also can affect other sites and known as extrapulmonary tuberculosis (Rodrigo,2006; Comas,2009). Human Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global public health problem for both developed and developing countries , is the second cause of death in worldwide, after the human immunodeficiency

Study of Infectious Disease, Tuberculosis, and How It Affects the Human BodyAyanna ZaragozaChesterfield High School 2TUBERCULOSISTuberculosis (TB) is spread by a person who is infected by the bacterial infection the water droplets can spread through the body. An infectious disease many organisms that live in the body that can be spread person to person. TB is a rare infectious disease. The younger generation has become more at risk in upcoming countries.The first recorded occurrence of TB was in 1882

Infectious diseases can attack the human body in many forms and varieties. Tuberculosis is one type of these infectious diseases that is a bacterial infection which spreads throughout the lymph nodes and within the bloodstream enabling it to affect all organs in the human body, commonly termed TB. TB is caused by the members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. The M. tuberculosis complex includes the species M. africanum, M. bovis, M. canettii, M. microti and M. tuberculosis, these can be

TUBERCULOSIS Jillian Gasper Kaplan University Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic bacterial infection that affects millions of people globally. It is a contagious disease that is spread through the air, and it usually affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to person through droplets from the respiratory tract of those who are already infected with the disease. Some who are infected with the bacteria that causes TB often exhibit no symptoms, because their immune systems

TB, or Tuberculosis, is a chronic or acute contagious disease caused by a bacterial infection. TB is the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease, accounting for over a quarter of avoidable deaths among adults. It can affect several organs of the human body, including the brain, the kidneys and the bones, but it predominately manifests itself in the lungs where it is called "Pulmonary Tuberculosis". According to the WHO, TB infection is currently spreading at the rate of one person

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s most fatal diseases. One third of the world’s population is infected with TB. Tuberculosis is the primary killer among people infected with HIV. TB has been reported in the United States since 1953. Although, mortality information suggests we have learned to manage the disease overtime, people with TB can die if they do not acquire proper treatment. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over nine thousand cases have been reported with

INFECTIOUS DISEASE: TUBERCULOSIS Tuberculosis is one of the leading infectious diseases around the world. Globally, infectious diseases like tuberculosis among others continue to be one of the leading causes of death in children, adolescents and of the leading causes in adults (WHO). The purpose of this article is to examine and discuss mostly the etiology of tuberculosis, as well as its cause and spread. To better understand the subject of tuberculosis as an infectious disease and the problem it

Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly infectious disease that can harm any organ of the body, especially the lungs. Every year about over a million people die due to tuberculosis and even more are infected. A person in contact with an infected individual can easily put themselves at risks of getting TB. Due to the emergence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis infections commenced to increment more rapidly. A person with HIV has an impotent immune system which is not able to fight infections

Tuberculosis was discovered by Robert Koch, A german physician and scientist. He covered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis on the evening March 24, 1882. It got its name from numerous tubercles(“holes”) formed in the lungs of other parts of the body by bacteria. Tuberculosis in ancient times among Egyptian mummies Spinal tuberculosis, known as Pott’s disease has been detected by archaeologists. Evidence of tuberculosis of the cervical lymph nodes or lymph nodes of